touch
verb (used with object)
to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it.
touches
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pluralof touch.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof touch (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
touchverb (used with object)to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it.
Example Sentences
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The touches and feels include the 14-inch center touch screen hosting a Toyota infotainment system of recent vintage, the two inductive charging pads in the center console and the push-to-turn gear selector in the console.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Welbeck, 35, was tidy in possession but, with little service, managed only 17 touches before being substituted in the 71st minute.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
AI touches national security, jobs, energy and consumer protection, leaving responsibility scattered across committees that rarely move together.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
The work touches on one of the biggest unsolved problems in modern physics: how to reconcile quantum mechanics with gravity.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
If any fingernail touches the surface I’m tapping—or I think it might have—I start the five taps over or…I don’t know what.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
