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Meaning of 'contagious' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Contagious [ a.]
- Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease.
- Conveying or generating disease; pestilential; poisonous; as, contagious air.
- Spreading or communicable from one to another; exciting similar emotions or conduct in others.

Meaning of 'contagious' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . contagious [ s]
Meaning (1):
- easily diffused or spread as from one person to another
Example in sentence:
  • a contagious grin

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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