CONTAGIOUS


Meaning of CONTAGIOUS in English

con ‧ ta ‧ gious /kənˈteɪdʒəs/ BrE AmE adjective

1 . a disease that is contagious can be passed from person to person by touch ⇨ infectious

2 . a person who is contagious has a disease that can be passed to another person by touch ⇨ infectious :

The patient is still highly contagious.

3 . if a feeling, attitude, or action is contagious, other people are quickly affected by it and begin to have it or do it ⇨ infectious :

her contagious enthusiasm

—contagiousness noun [uncountable]

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.