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TOUCH ON
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Have an effect upon
Example:
Will the new rules affect me?
Synonyms:
affect; bear on; bear upon; impact; touch; touch on
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "touch on" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "touch on"):
slam-dunk (make a forceful move against)
act upon; influence; work (have and exert influence or effect)
bother; discommode; disoblige; incommode; inconvenience; put out; trouble (to cause inconvenience or discomfort to)
subject (cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to)
hit; strike (affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely)
endanger; expose; peril; queer; scupper (put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position)
color; colour; distort; tinge (affect as in thought or feeling)
hydrolise; hydrolize (make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis)
process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)
excite; stimulate (act as a stimulant)
redound (have an effect for good or ill)
tell on (produce an effect or strain on somebody)
repercuss (cause repercussions; have an unwanted effect)
strike a blow (affect adversely)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
Example:
Repair my shoes please
Synonyms:
bushel; doctor; fix; furbish up; mend; repair; restore; touch on
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "touch on" is one way to...):
ameliorate; amend; better; improve; meliorate (to make better)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "touch on"):
darn (repair by sewing)
heel; reheel (put a new heel on)
revamp; vamp (provide (a shoe) with a new vamp)
resole; sole (put a new sole on)
patch; patch up (mend by putting a patch on)
trouble-shoot; troubleshoot (solve problems)
point; repoint (repair the joints of bricks)
cobble (repair or mend)
patch; piece (repair by adding pieces)
fill (plug with a substance)
fiddle; tinker (try to fix or mend)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Refer to or discuss briefly
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "touch on" is one way to...):
advert; bring up; cite; mention; name; refer (make reference to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Be relevant to
Example:
My remark pertained to your earlier comments
Synonyms:
bear on; come to; concern; have to do with; pertain; refer; relate; touch; touch on
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Verb group:
advert; allude; touch (make a more or less disguised reference to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "touch on"):
center; center on; concentrate on; focus on; revolve about; revolve around (center upon)
apply; go for; hold (be pertinent or relevant or applicable)
affect; involve; regard (connect closely and often incriminatingly)
interest; matter to (be of importance or consequence)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
