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Meaning & Definition of Catching in English

English

Catching

/kæʧɪŋ/

noun

1. (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team

synonym:
  • catching

2. The act of detecting something

  • Catching sight of something
synonym:
  • detection,
  • catching,
  • espial,
  • spying,
  • spotting

3. Becoming infected

  • "Catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"
  • "The contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"
synonym:
  • catching,
  • contracting

adjective

1. (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

synonym:
  • catching,
  • communicable,
  • contagious,
  • contractable,
  • transmissible,
  • transmittable

Examples of using

I feel as if I'm catching cold.
Thank you for catching me a butterfly.
I went out with my overcoat on for fear of catching cold.