Meaning & use
contactability
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UK/kənˌtæktəˈbɪləti/
US/kənˌtæktəˈbɪləti/
Meaning
noununcountable
The quality of being able to be reached or communicated with.
Grammar: Used without 'a' or a plural: 'improve contactability', not 'a contactability'.
Patterns
- the contactability of someone
- improve contactability
The new phone system has greatly improved the contactability of our support staff.
Managers are judged partly on the contactability of their teams during working hours.
Poor contactability of witnesses delayed the investigation.
Common combinations
- improve contactability
- The company introduced a chat service to improve contactability.
- ensure contactability
- Doctors on call must ensure their contactability at all times.
- contactability of staff
- The report criticized the contactability of staff outside office hours.
Synonyms and how they differ
- reachability
- Very close in meaning, but often used for networks and systems rather than people.
- availability
- Focuses on being free to talk, not just able to be contacted.
Opposites
Word family
- contactable adjective
- Able to be contacted.
- contact verb
- To get in touch with someone.
Practice
The manager stressed the importance of ___ during the crisis.
Choose one answer.
'Contactability' is the noun needed after 'of'; 'contactable' is an adjective and would not fit here.
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