intransitive verb
-·aised′, -·ais′ing- to establish a liaison with another group or entity
- to act as a liaison
Origin of liaise
back-formation from liaison
verb
To liaise is defined as to establish a connection.
An example of liaise is to have a meeting between two department heads who will work together on a project.
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liaise
intransitive verb
li·aised, li·ais·ing, li·ais·es- To effect or establish a liaison.
- To act or serve as a liaison officer.
Origin of liaise
Back-formation from liaisonTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present liaises, present participle liaising, simple past and past participle liaised)
- To establish a liaison.
- To act between parties with a view to reconciling differences.
- To cooperate, consult and discuss in order to come to a common solution.
Origin
Back-formation from liaison, itself from French liaison (“binding"), from Latin ligatio (stem ligation-) (English ligation), derived from ligÅ, from Proto-Indo-European *leygÊ°- (“to bind").
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Sentence Examples
- You need to liaise with various landowners in order to obtain access to suitable ground.
- It is important to liaise with other agencies contributing to the care of the child.
- It is important to liaise at all levels under pressure.
- We will liaise as necessary with the Department.
- He liaises direct with the applicant to allocate him or her to one of the authorized show judges.
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