contagious
adjective (contagious; more contagious)
Everyday
- A contagious disease is one that spreads from person to person by touching or being close, such as a cold, flu or chickenpox. tree →
- A contagious person has an illness they can pass on. tree →
- A contagious feeling, laugh or yawn spreads quickly from one person to others. tree →
In the lessons
In health lessons, washing hands, covering coughs and staying home when ill stop contagious diseases spreading. Schools ask parents to keep contagious children at home. In everyday talk, «Her laugh is contagious» means it makes others laugh too.
Examples
- Chickenpox is very contagious. tree →
- Stay at home while you are contagious. tree →
- Wash your hands to stop contagious germs. tree →
- Her smile is contagious. tree →
- Yawns are contagious — I just yawned too! tree →
- The doctor said I am no longer contagious. tree →
- His excitement was contagious, and soon we were all cheering. tree →
Note
Similar to «infectious»; in everyday talk they are used almost the same way. Not every illness is contagious: a broken arm or diabetes cannot be caught. Spelling ends in «-gious».
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «contagious» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «contagious» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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