touch on

English

Alternative forms

touch upon

Pronunciation

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Verb

touch on (third-person singular simple present touches on, present participle touching on, simple past and past participle touched on)

(transitive, idiomatic) To mention briefly; to cursorily discuss.
We touched on the subject of wages, but we didn't reach a conclusion.
(transitive, idiomatic) To come or go to for a short time.
- 1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
  I made a little voyage round the lake, and touched on the several towns that lie on its coasts.

Translations

mention briefly

Armenian: անդրադառնալ (hy) (andradaṙnal), շոշափել (hy) (šošapʿel)
Chinese:
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Finnish: sivuta (fi)
French: effleurer (fr), évoquer (fr)
German: anreißen (de)
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Spanish: tocar (es)
Turkish: değinmek (tr), söz etmek (tr), yer vermek (tr)

come or go for a short time

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: pistäytyä (fi)
French: passer (fr)
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