person-to-person

adjective or adverb

: involving two people or going directly from one person to another person

person-to-person communication

The reporter talked person-to-person with the hostage.

Examples of person-to-person in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Legionnaires’ disease is also not transmitted person-to-person. — ABC News, 11 July 2026

The illness cyclosporiasis does not spread person-to-person like the more common norovirus that sometimes wreaks havoc on cruise ships. — Michelle Marchante july 10, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026

Because the parasite is not considered infectious until 1-2 weeks outside of the body after being passed in a bowel movement, transmission from person-to-person is unlikely, the CDC says. — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 7 July 2026

Andes is found in South America, specifically Argentina and Chile, and person-to-person transmission has been associated only with close and prolonged contact during the early phase of illness, when the virus is more transmissible. — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026