📖 Definitions of "Touch on"
verb
- 1
To mention briefly; to cursorily discuss.
"We touched on the subject of wages, but we didn't reach a conclusion."
- 2
To come or go to for a short time.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Touch on"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| touchnoun | Primarily physical senses. |
| affectverb | (transitive) To influence or alter. |
| impactnoun | (figurative, proscribed) A significant or strong influence or effect. |
| concernnoun | That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone. |
| bear uponverb | To influence, have an effect upon. |
| bear onverb | To influence, have an effect on. |
| come toverb | (transitive) To total; to amount to. |
| mendverb | (transitive) To physically repair (something that is broken, defaced, decayed, torn, or otherwise damaged). |
| pertainverb | (intransitive) To relate to, concern, or be relevant to. |
| fixverb | (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time. |
| repairnoun | To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy. |
| relateverb | (transitive) To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another). |
| restoreverb | (transitive) To reestablish, or bring back into existence. |
| referverb | (transitive) To direct the attention of (someone toward something) |
| doctornoun | A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are DO, DPM, MD, DMD, or DDS in the US, or MBBS or BDS in the UK. |
| bushelnoun | A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure. |
| furbish upverb | (transitive) To polish so as to make look newer |
| touch uponverb | Alternative form of touch on. [(transitive, idiomatic) To mention briefly; to cursorily discuss.] |
| dropnoun | (also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid. |
| hintnoun | A clue. |
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