What does contagious mean?
Definitions for contagious
kənˈteɪ dʒəscon·ta·gious
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Princeton's WordNet
contagiousadjective
easily diffused or spread as from one person to another
"a contagious grin"
catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittableadjective
(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
Wiktionary
contagiousadjective
Of a disease, easily transmitted to others.
The flu was so contagious that everybody in town got sick!
contagiousadjective
Of a fashion, laughter, etc., easily passed on to others.
Wearing jeans was a contagious fad at that time.
contagiousadjective
Of a person, having a disease that can be transmitted to another person by touch.
They were highly contagious, spreading bacteria to other people.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Contagiousadjective
Infectious; caught by approach; poisonous; pestilential.
Etymology: from contagio, Latin.
The jades
That drag the tragick melancholly night,
From their misty jaws
Breathe foul, contagious darkness in the air. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.We sicken soon from her contagious care,
Grieve for her sorrows, groan for her despair. Matthew Prior.
Wikipedia
Contagious
Contagious is a song by The Isley Brothers. It was released as a single from their 2001 album Eternal. The song was written and produced by R. Kelly, who was also featured on the song, and also features vocals by R&B singer Chanté Moore. The video plays as a mini soap opera depicting a man who goes home and finds out his woman has been cheating on him with another man. The song is taken to another level during the breakdown of the song, where the two men, Mr. Biggs and Kelly, meet once again after their previous collaboration on Kelly's 1995 single "Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)" (although they also collaborated on Kelly Price's 1998 single "Friend of Mine"). In the middle of the second verse, Ron Isley goes down memory lane after saying "The down low happened to me all over again"; additionally, the third verse starts with Mr. Biggs asking R. Kelly "What the hell is going on between the sheets in my own home?", reprising their meeting in the Kelly Price song as well as the title of his own hit "Between the Sheets", and R. Kelly accuses Mr. Biggs (who recalls seeing him before) of mistaken identity.
ChatGPT
contagious
Contagious refers to a disease or condition that can be easily spread from one person to another through direct or indirect contact. It can also refer to a behavior, emotion, or situation that is likely to spread and influence others.
Webster Dictionary
Contagiousadjective
communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease
Contagiousadjective
conveying or generating disease; pestilential; poisonous; as, contagious air
Contagiousadjective
spreading or communicable from one to another; exciting similar emotions or conduct in others
Wikidata
Contagious
"Contagious" is a song by The Isley Brothers featuring group member Ronald Isley. It was released as a single from their 2001 album Eternal. The song was written and produced by R. Kelly, who was also featured on the song, and also features vocals by R&B singer Chanté Moore. The video plays as a mini soap opera or rap opera, depicting a man who goes home and finds out his woman has been cheating on him with another man. The song is taken to another level during the breakdown of the song, where the two men, Mr. Biggs and Kelly, meet once again after their previous battle on Kelly's 1996 single, "Down Low". In the middle of the second verse, Ron Isley goes down memory lane after saying "The down low happened to me all over again". In the video, there is also a brief clip of the "Down Low" video, shown of Mr. Biggs beating R. Kelly with a sledgehammer. "Contagious" rose to #19 on the pop singles chart and #3 on the R&B singles chart and made the Isleys the first band to score a hit in six consecutive decades on Billboard's Hot 100. The breakthrough helped their 2001 album Eternal go double platinum. In 2002 the song won a Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Group, Band or Duo.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of contagious in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of contagious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of contagious in a Sentence
If you got a chance to know her and lived through the words of her song or just watched her contagious laughing spirit, every time she walked through the door on the set of' Good Times,' that was her. She was effortlessly portraying a character because that was her spirit.
She had been doing fine, but all of a sudden with this Omicron spread, that's the only thing we're worried about because it's something very contagious and it's spreading fast.
RSV is very contagious and very prevalent in the school system as well as throughout daycare centers and in homes. So RSV is certainly the winner.
We deploy higher protection than others because the patients we handle present intense symptoms and are more contagious, transfers are slow, and very meticulous.
Measles is one of the most contagious viruses that we’ve identified, and if one person has measles and there’s somebody unvaccinated around them, there’s a 90% chance they’re going to get it, it really just takes one unvaccinated person to travel into a community, and they can have a measles outbreak if there isn’t a high enough vaccination rate in that community.
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- معديArabic
- заразителен, заразенBulgarian
- nakažlivýCzech
- ansteckendGerman
- μεταδοτικόςGreek
- contagiosoSpanish
- tarttuva, tartuntavaarallinenFinnish
- contagieuxFrench
- gabhálachIrish
- संक्रामकHindi
- fertőzőHungarian
- berjangkitIndonesian
- smitandiIcelandic
- contagioso, infettivoItalian
- [[伝染性]]のJapanese
- lipīgsLatvian
- mauhoroMāori
- aanstekelijk, besmettelijkDutch
- zaraźliwyPolish
- contagiante, contagiosoPortuguese
- molipsitor, contagiosRomanian
- заразительный, заразныйRussian
- zarazanSerbo-Croatian
- smittsam, smittbärandeSwedish
- bulaşıcıTurkish
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