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

At this time, the United Nation’s health agency is not recommending that people stay confined that whole period; rather, the recommendation is to do active monitoring for symptoms, such as daily temperature checks, given that person-to-person spread has only been seen from symptomatic people. —ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026

In the current cruise ship outbreak, officials suspect the virus has spread person-to-person because it has been identified as a strain known as the Andes virus. —Melina Khan, USA Today, 8 May 2026

Instead, three of the ship’s passengers have died, and five more are believed to have been infected with a strain of the rare disease that can be transmitted person-to-person. —Camila Bernal, NBC news, 7 May 2026

But not all cases of Andes infection lead to person-to-person spread. —Helen Branswell, STAT, 7 May 2026