touch on

verb

1. refer to or discuss briefly (Freq. 4)

• Hypernyms: ↑mention, ↑advert, ↑bring up, ↑cite, ↑name, ↑refer

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

2. be relevant to (Freq. 1)

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There were lots of questions referring to her talk

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My remark pertained to your earlier comments

• Syn:

↑refer, ↑pertain, ↑relate, ↑concern, ↑come to, ↑bear on, ↑touch, ↑have-to doe with

• Derivationally related forms: ↑pertinent (for: ↑pertain), ↑pertinency (for: ↑pertain), ↑pertinence (for: ↑pertain), ↑reference (for: ↑refer)

• Hyponyms:

↑focus on, ↑center on, ↑revolve around, ↑revolve about, ↑concentrate on, ↑center, ↑apply, ↑hold, ↑go for, ↑involve, ↑affect, ↑regard, ↑matter to, ↑interest

• Verb Group: ↑allude, ↑touch, ↑advert

• Verb Frames:

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Something ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

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Something is ——ing PP

(for: ↑relate)

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Something is ——ing PP

(for: ↑pertain)

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Something is ——ing PP

(for: ↑refer)

3. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

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She repaired her TV set

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Repair my shoes please

• Syn:

↑repair, ↑mend, ↑fix, ↑bushel, ↑doctor, ↑furbish up, ↑restore

• Ant: ↑break (for: ↑repair)

• Derivationally related forms:

↑restoration (for: ↑restore), ↑fix (for: ↑fix), ↑fixture (for: ↑fix), ↑fixer (for: ↑fix), ↑fixing (for: ↑fix), ↑mend (for: ↑mend), ↑mender (for: ↑mend), ↑mending (for: ↑mend), ↑repair (for: ↑repair), ↑reparation (for: ↑repair), ↑repairer (for: ↑repair)

• Hypernyms: ↑better, ↑improve, ↑amend, ↑ameliorate, ↑meliorate

• Hyponyms:

↑tinker, ↑fiddle, ↑fill, ↑piece, ↑patch, ↑cobble, ↑point, ↑repoint, ↑trouble-shoot, ↑troubleshoot, ↑patch up, ↑sole, ↑resole, ↑vamp, ↑revamp, ↑heel, ↑reheel, ↑darn

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

4. have an effect upon

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Will the new rules affect me?

• Syn: ↑affect, ↑impact, ↑bear upon, ↑bear on, ↑touch

• Derivationally related forms: ↑impact (for: ↑impact)

• Hypernyms: ↑change, ↑alter, ↑modify

• Hyponyms:

↑strike a blow, ↑repercuss, ↑tell on, ↑redound, ↑stimulate, ↑excite, ↑process, ↑treat, ↑hydrolize, ↑hydrolise, ↑tinge, ↑color, ↑colour, ↑distort, ↑queer, ↑expose, ↑scupper, ↑endanger, ↑peril, ↑hit, ↑strike, ↑subject, ↑trouble, ↑put out, ↑inconvenience, ↑disoblige, ↑discommode, ↑incommode, ↑bother, ↑influence, ↑act upon, ↑work, ↑slam-dunk

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

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ˈtouch on ˈtouch up ˌon [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they touch on he/she/it touches on present participle touching on past tense touched on past participle touched on] phrasal verb

to mention something when you are talking or writing

He did not touch on the issue of immigration.

Thesaurus: to mention something, or to be mentioned_synonym to admit that something is true_synonym

Main entry: touch

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touch on (or upon)

1) deal briefly with (a subject) in written or spoken discussion

he touches upon several themes from the last chapter

2) come near to being

a self-confident manner touching on the arrogant