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Definition: Touch On |
Touch OnVerb1. Refer to or discuss briefly. 2. Be about; have to do with; be relevant to; refer, pertain, or relate to; "What's this novel all about?"; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk". 3. Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please". 4. Have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Touch OnSynonyms: affect (v), bear on (v), bear upon (v), bushel (v), come to (v), concern (v), doctor (v), fix (v), furbish up (v), impact (v), mend (v), pertain (v), refer (v), relate (v), repair (v), restore (v), touch (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: break (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Imagination | Verb: mean, signify, express; import, purport; convey, imply, breathe, indicate, bespeak, bear a sense; tell of, speak of; touch on; point to, allude to; drive at; involve; (latency); declare; (affirm). |
Sensibility | Die of a rose in aromatic pain; touch to the quick; touch on the raw, touch a raw nerve. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Touch On |
| Specialty definitions using "touch on": safeguards. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "touch on": Contiguous. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Human Rights | Hong Kong | The courts also may interpret other provisions of the Basic Law that touch on central government responsibilities or on the relationship between the central authorities and the SAR, but before making final judgments on these matters, which are unappealable, the courts must seek an interpretation of the relevant provisions from the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (in the controversial 1999 "right of abode case," the Government, not the court, sought an interpretation from the Standing Committee). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "touch on": To touch on ♦ touch on the raw. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "touch on"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | prek (adjoin, affect, attack, brush, feel, graze, handle, hit, hurt, move, palpate, penetrate, reach, rub, touch, touch upon). (various references) | |
Arabic | إستعرض (enter, inspect, look over, outline, parade, play act, represent, set forth, show, tackle). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | споменавам бегло, гранича с (back, border on, join, skirt, touch upon, trench, verge on), засягам накратко (touch upon), засягам бегло (skim), приближавам се до (near). (various references) | |
Dutch | aanstippen (touch lightly on). (various references) | |
Esperanto | mencii mallonge (touch lightly on). (various references) | |
French | aborder (to collide, to collide with). (various references) | |
German | tangieren (affect, be tangent to, bother, skirt, to be tangent to, touch), rühren (affect, agitate, beat, budge, move, stir, stir up, to budge, touch), berühren (affect, agitate, border on, concern, contact, handle, handling, meet, move, skim, to touch, touch), antasten (break into, encroach upon, feel, grope, handle, infringe, mention, offend, touch), anschneiden (broach, cut, to cut), anreißen (attract, blaze up, draw, mark out, open, pick, rip, scribe, start, tear, to scribe), anrühren (blend, mix, stir, touch). (various references) | |
Greek | ανακινώ (agitate, moot, stir), αναφέρομαι σε (make a reference to), θίγω (derogate from, fillip, hand, slight). (various references) | |
Hungarian | érint (affect, concern, dab, feel, felt, to affect, to concern, to feel, to graze, to mouth, to shave, to skim, touch). (various references) | |
Italian | sfiorare (be on the verge of, brush, dab, graze, shave, skim, touch), menzionare (mention, touch, touch lightly on). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 触れる (to, to be touched, to feel, to touch, to touch on a subject). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ふれる (to be emotionally moved, to be touched, to deflect, to feel, to lean towards, to perceive, to shake, to swing, to touch, to touch on a subject, to violate, to wave). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ouchtay onay.(various references) | |
Russian | касаться (advert, adverts, be alluded to, concern, concern to, have respect to, regard, touch, touch upon), затрагивать (touch upon). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | spomenuti (make mention, make mention of, mention, point out, touch upon), dotaći (touch, touch upon). (various references) | |
Spanish | referirse (advert, bear on, refer), mirar (consider, deem, eye, glance, look, look about, look after, look around, look at, look on, look to, peer, regard, see, survey, view, watch), mencionar (allude, cite, introduce, mention, name, quote, refer to, term, work round), hacer una mención. (various references) | |
Turkish | değinmek (advert, deal, refer, speak to, touch upon). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | торкатися (bear on, dab, handle, palp, touch), межувати (abut, adjoin, affront, approach, border, butt, neighbor upon, neighbour upon, outskirt, verge). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-h-n-o-o-t-u" | |
-2 letters: conto, count, couth, notch, touch. | |
-3 letters: chon, coho, coon, coot, hoot, hunt, onto, ouch, thou, toon, unco, unto. | |
-4 letters: con, coo, cot, cut, hon, hot, hun, hut, noh, noo, not, nth, nut, oho, ooh, oot, out, tho, ton, too, tun. | |
-5 letters: ho, no, nu, oh, on, to, uh, un, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-h-n-o-o-t-u" | |
+2 letters: touchdown. | |
+3 letters: autochthon, clothbound, outechoing, touchdowns, touchstone. | |
+4 letters: anacoluthon, autochthons, coauthoring, cottonmouth, countershot, muttonchops, outcoaching, touchstones. | |
+5 letters: anacoluthons, autochthones, autohypnotic, cottonmouths, countershots, photocurrent, photoinduced, photonuclear. | |
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