PERSON-TO-PERSON | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of person-to-person in English

(Definition of person-to-person from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of person-to-person from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of person-to-person

person-to-person
This may explain the different dynamic of the outbreak that is typical for person-to-person transmission.
This outbreak investigation illustrates the importance of norovirus as a cause of waterborne illness and the additional exacerbation through person-to-person transmission in closed settings.
This conclusion may not satisfy the purist, and it does not mean that welfare comparisons can readily be made on a person-to-person basis.
This is a reflection of the growing importance of information processing and person-to-person interactions in the new and rapidly growing service industries.
The epidemiology of the illness suggested person-to-person spread.
It could be assumed that a first wave of cases due to contaminated water was followed by some cases due to person-to-person contamination.
In this study the presence of a person with gastroenteritis may indicate either person-to-person transmission or simultaneous exposure to a point source.
Figures 3 and 4 display the information the budget surveys provide on expenditure on person-to-person purchases of non-food goods and services.
The viruses are transmitted by the oral - faecal route by person-to-person contact.
Nevertheless, it is expected that with regard to ranking, norovirus will consistently be the most important pathogen and person-to-person transmission the main route.
Looking at expenditure on person-to-person purchases of services, some evidence appears about self-employment in the service sector, both legal and illegal.
Without relying heavily on a person-to-person analogy, the intentionalist objection is both sustained and significant only if important questions are begged.
Expenditure on person-to-person purchases of non-food goods is more complicated to interpret.
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Translations of person-to-person

in Chinese (Traditional)
(電話)指定受話人的, 面對面地,直接地…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(电话)指定受话人的, 面对面地,直接地…
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