primary contact

American  

noun

Sociology.

1. a communication or relationship between people that is characterized by intimacy and personal familiarity.

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Example Sentences

Secondary contacts are those who have not met the infected person but have been in close contact with a primary contact.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

The executive director manages the party office and staff, assists with overall financials and fundraising, is the primary contact between the party and district officials, and communicates with elected officials, Sanford said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2023

Balwani was the primary contact for investor Daniel Grossman of PFM Management, Holmes said.

From The Verge • Nov. 23, 2021

Snowden’s primary contact with the publisher was his principal legal adviser, Ben Wizner, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2019

This is entirely remedied by breaking the circuit elsewhere than at the primary contact, using a quick motion, and also by giving this breaking contact large surface and making it firm.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 by Various