pre-contactn.adj.

Brit.

/priːˈkɒntakt/, U.S.

/priˈkɑnˌtæk(t)/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, contact n.

Etymology: < pre- prefix + contact n.

A. n.

Previous contact or communication. rare.

ΚΠ

1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle i. i sig. G^v What need you sir To..call your friends together..to prooue Your precontact, when sh'has confest it?

1954 Times 10 May 7/5 We have been amazed by the kindness and consideration displayed by directors and executives of firms we visited, particularly those with whom we had established pre-contact.

1985 Public Opinion Q. 49 238 The use on questionnaires of precontacts, incentives, and special forms of final contact.

B. adj.

Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology. Existing or occurring in a place or culture outside Europe prior to the first contact with Europeans; designating a time or place before such contact.

ΚΠ

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 812/1 The following classes [of products of native industries] must be carefully discriminated: (a) pre-Columbian, (b) Columbian, (c) pre-contact, (d) first contact, (e)post-contact, (f) present, (g) spurious.

1952 Geogr. Rev. 42 230 Such cultivation is certainly pre-contact.

1972 Jrnl. Peace Res. 9 306/1 This is an example of the utilization of existing conflict cleavage that existed in the pre-contact era.

1995 C. Dunn Canad. Polit. Debates 23 In pre-contact North America, self-governance or Indian sovereignty was practiced under a number of forms.

2003 J. A. van Tilburg Among Stone Giants 241 The sled was based on simple design principles of flexibility and balance known to precontact Polynesian outrigger-canoe makers.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pre-contact
释义	pre-contactn.adj. Brit. /priːˈkɒntakt/, U.S. /priˈkɑnˌtæk(t)/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, contact n. Etymology: < pre- prefix + contact n. A. n. Previous contact or communication. rare. ΚΠ 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle i. i sig. G^v What need you sir To..call your friends together..to prooue Your precontact, when sh'has confest it? 1954 Times 10 May 7/5 We have been amazed by the kindness and consideration displayed by directors and executives of firms we visited, particularly those with whom we had established pre-contact. 1985 Public Opinion Q. 49 238 The use on questionnaires of precontacts, incentives, and special forms of final contact. B. adj. Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology. Existing or occurring in a place or culture outside Europe prior to the first contact with Europeans; designating a time or place before such contact. ΚΠ 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 812/1 The following classes [of products of native industries] must be carefully discriminated: (a) pre-Columbian, (b) Columbian, (c) pre-contact, (d) first contact, (e)post-contact, (f) present, (g) spurious. 1952 Geogr. Rev. 42 230 Such cultivation is certainly pre-contact. 1972 Jrnl. Peace Res. 9 306/1 This is an example of the utilization of existing conflict cleavage that existed in the pre-contact era. 1995 C. Dunn Canad. Polit. Debates 23 In pre-contact North America, self-governance or Indian sovereignty was practiced under a number of forms. 2003 J. A. van Tilburg Among Stone Giants 241 The sled was based on simple design principles of flexibility and balance known to precontact Polynesian outrigger-canoe makers. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1611
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