touched upon

Meanings

• Verb

  To come into contact with something or someone.

  - "I have touched upon this topic before."
  - "He touched upon the issue in his speech."
  - "The explorers touched upon new lands."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with touched upon
humped , jumped , pumped

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Variants

List of all variants of touched upon that leads to same result
touched , touch , touch base , touchable , touched base , toucher , touchers , touches , touches base , touching , touching base , base , baseless , bases , cover all the bases , cover every base , covered all the bases , covered every base , covering all the bases , covering every base , covers all the bases , covers every base , had all her bases covered , had all his bases covered , had all its bases covered , had all my bases covered , had all one's bases covered , had all our bases covered , had all their bases covered , had all your bases covered , had her bases covered , had his bases covered , had its bases covered , had my bases covered , had one's bases covered , had our bases covered , had their bases covered , had your bases covered , has all her bases covered , has all his bases covered , has all its bases covered , has all one's bases covered , has her bases covered , has his bases covered , has its bases covered , has one's bases covered , have all my bases covered , have all one's bases covered , have all our bases covered , have all their bases covered , have all your bases covered , have my bases covered , have one's bases covered , have our bases covered , have their bases covered , have your bases covered , having all her bases covered , having all his bases covered , having all its bases covered , having all my bases covered , having all our bases covered , having all their bases covered , having all your bases covered , having her bases covered , having his bases covered , having its bases covered , having my bases covered , having our bases covered , having their bases covered , having your bases covered , off base , touch all the bases , touch every base , touched all the bases , touched every base , touches all the bases , touches every base , touching all the bases , touching every base , touch down , touched down , touches down , touching down , touch off , touched off , touches off , touching off , touch up , touched up , touches up , touching up

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Etymology

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The word 'touched' comes from the Old French word 'toucher', which means 'to touch'. The past participle 'touched upon' means 'to have come into contact with'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'touched' appears in the title of the famous poem 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' by T.S. Eliot.

2. The term 'touched upon' was used in the title of a 1962 science fiction novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley called 'The Shattered Chain'.

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Related Concepts

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1. discuss: Discussing a topic involves exploring it in detail and providing arguments, evidence, or examples to support a particular point of view.

2. address: Addressing a topic means dealing with it directly and providing a solution or response to a problem related to it.

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Culture

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The term 'touched upon' is often used in academic or formal contexts to indicate that a topic has been briefly addressed or mentioned. It can also be used metaphorically to suggest that an issue has been acknowledged but not fully explored.

How to Memorize "touched upon"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize touching an object or person to remember the meaning of 'touched upon'.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'touched' with the sense of contact or interaction to remember the meaning of 'touched upon'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'To Understand Contact, Touch Has Peculiar Utility' to remember the meaning of 'touched upon'.

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