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To liaise means “to form a liaison,” that is, “to communicate and maintain contact with another person or organization.” In other words, liaising is like acting as the contact person between two groups, such as between parents and teachers.

Contrary to popular complaints, liaise is a perfectly real and fine word. It’s been around since at least the 1920s.

Example: Jen is highly regarded for her ability to liaise with her company’s clients.

Recorded by the 1920s, liaise is a back formation (more on this below) of the noun liaison, a French noun meaning “connection” and coming from the same Latin root as ligation. The earliest meaning of liaison in English referred to the process of thickening sauces or soups by adding egg yolks, cream, butter, or flour. Liaise is first recorded in military slang.

A back formation is a word formed from an existing word that itself appears to be a derivative of the back-formed word. In the case of liase, it looks like the noun liaison is based on the verb liaise, but it’s actually the other way around. English has many common words you may not know were created by back formation: edit was back-formed from editor and sleaze from sleazy, to name a few.

What are some other forms of liaise?

• liaised (past tense and participle)
• liaising (present participle)

What are some synonyms for liaise?

• communicate
• connect
• consult
• cooperate
• coordinate

What are some words that share a root or word elements with liaise?

• league
• liable
• ligament
• religion

What are some words that often get used in discussing liaise?

• community
• officer
• networking
• ambassador
• point person

LiaiIse is commonly used to describe the work done by the “point of contact” between different organizations, especially different stakeholders in some common effort. This could be between parents and teachers in a school district, a business and the community it serves, or officers from different militaries working on a shared mission.

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BREAKING President Trump asked his Ukrainian counterpart to liaise with US prosecutors and Mr Trump’s lawyer to investigate his political rival Joe Biden, according to an official record — but not a verbatim transcript — of a call between the two leaders.

— James Cook (@BBCJamesCook)

Which of the following is an antonym of liaise?

A. correspond
B. cooperate
C. disassociate
D. network