contagious

«contagious» in Mova's school dictionary: one that spreads from person to person by touching or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (contagious; more contagious)

meaning for a pupil

1) A contagious disease is one that spreads from person to person by touching or being close, such as a cold, flu or chickenpox. tree →

2) A contagious person has an illness they can pass on. tree →

3) A contagious feeling, laugh or yawn spreads quickly from one person to others. tree →

sense 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».

In the corpora

• A contagious (catching) face cancer has killed many devils, and scientists keep healthy groups of devils safe to save the species.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «contagious» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.