Scarlet fever is a contagious disease. Colds are contagious.
Yawning is often contagious.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
con|ta|gious — «kuhn TAY juhs», adjective. 1. spreading by direct or indirect contact; catching: »Scarlet fever is a contagious disease. Colds are contagious. 2. causing contagious disease. SYNONYM(S): pestilential. 3. Figurative. easily spreading from one to… … Useful english dictionary
con|ta´gious|ness — con|ta|gious «kuhn TAY juhs», adjective. 1. spreading by direct or indirect contact; catching: »Scarlet fever is a contagious disease. Colds are contagious. 2. causing contagious disease. SYNONYM(S): pestilential. 3. Figurative. easily spreading… … Useful english dictionary
con·ta·gious — … Useful english dictionary
con — con·acre; con·cat·e·nate; con·cave; con·ceal·er; con·ceit; con·cen·trate; con·cen·tra·tor; con·cen·tric; con·cep·tual; con·cern; con·cern·ing; con·cert; con·cer·tante; con·cer·ti·na; con·ces·sion·ary; con·cha; con·cin·nate; con·com·i·tant;… … English syllables
gious — am·ba·gious; an·ti·re·li·gious; con·ta·gious; con·ta·gious·ness; egre·gious; li·ti·gious; pro·di·gious; pro·di·gious·ly; pro·di·gious·ness; re·li·gious·ly; re·li·gious·ness; sac·ri·le·gious; sac·ri·le·gious·ly; re·li·gious; am·ba·gious·ly;… … English syllables
contagious — con·ta·gious … English syllables
contagiously — con·ta·gious·ly … English syllables
contagious — con•ta•gious [[t]kənˈteɪ dʒəs[/t]] adj. 1) pat capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases[/ex] 2) pat carrying or spreading a contagious disease 3) tending to spread from person to person … From formal English to slang
contagious — con|ta|gious [kənˈteıdʒəs] adj 1.) a disease that is contagious can be passed from person to person by touch 2.) a person who is contagious has a disease that can be passed to another person by touch ▪ The patient is still highly contagious. 3.)… … Dictionary of contemporary English
contagious — con|ta|gious [ kən teıdʒəs ] adjective 1. ) a contagious disease spreads from one person to another through touch or through the air a ) someone who is contagious has a contagious disease 2. ) a contagious feeling or idea spreads quickly from one … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
