Meanings
present singular third person touches on · participle present touching on · participle past touched on · past touched on · alternative touch upon
- idiomatictransitiveTo mention briefly; to cursorily discuss.
We touched on the subject of wages, but we didn't reach a conclusion.
- idiomatictransitiveTo come or go to for a short time.
I made a little voyage round the lake, and touched on the several towns that lie on its coasts.
1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
verbrestore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 簡要提及 /简要提及, 粗略討論 /粗略讨论
- 簡要提及 /简要提及 (jiǎnyào tíjí)mention briefly
- 粗略討論 /粗略讨论 (cūlüè tǎolùn)mention briefly
- 輕描淡寫 /轻描淡写 (qīngmiáodànxiě)mention briefly
- 短暫來訪 /短暂来访 (duǎnzàn láifǎng)come or go for a short time
- 短時間到訪 /短时间到访 (duǎn shíjiān dàofǎng)come or go for a short time
- 順路拜訪 /顺路拜访 (shùnlù bàifǎng)come or go for a short time
Finnish sivuta, pistäytyä
- sivutamention briefly
- pistäytyäcome or go for a short time
French effleurer, évoquer
- effleurermention briefly
- évoquermention briefly
- passercome or go for a short time
German anreißen
- anreißenmention briefly
Indonesian singgung
- singgungmention briefly
Spanish tocar
- tocarmention briefly
Turkish değinmek, söz etmek
- değinmekmention briefly
- söz etmekmention briefly
- yer vermekmention briefly
Cite this entry
touch on. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/touch%20on
“touch on.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/touch%20on. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “touch on,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/touch%20on.
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