touching
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.1touch·ing
preposition \ˈtə-chiŋ\Definition of TOUCHING
: in reference to : concerning
Examples of TOUCHING
- <there has been an objection touching the last of the proposed new bylaws>
First Known Use of TOUCHING
14th century
Related to TOUCHING
- Synonyms
- apropos, apropos of, as far as, as for, as regards (also as respects), as to, concerning, of, on, regarding, respecting, about, toward (or towards)
2touching
adjectiveDefinition of TOUCHING
: capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion
— touch·ing·ly adverb
See Examples of TOUCHING
- <touching lots in the housing development will eventually be separated by hedges for privacy>
- <a touching movie about two lost animals who try to find their way home>
First Known Use of TOUCHING
1601
Related to TOUCHING
- Synonyms
- abutting, adjoining, bordering, conterminous, contiguous, flanking, flush, fringing, joining, juxtaposed, neighboring, skirting, adjacent, verging
- Antonyms
- nonadjacent, noncontiguous
See Synonym Discussion at moving
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