precontact

== English == === Alternative forms === pre-contact === Etymology === From pre- + contact. === Adjective === precontact (not comparable) Before contact was established (especially with an indigenous people). === Noun === precontact (countable and uncountable, plural precontacts) An instance of contacting somebody in advance. 1979, Arthur V. Ciervo, Using the Mass Media (issues 5-8, page 63) Precontacts may be less effective with homogeneous groups than with samples involving the general population. === Verb === precontact (third-person singular simple present precontacts, present participle precontacting, simple past and past participle precontacted) To contact somebody in advance. === See also === prehistoric === Anagrams === concept art, contracept