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- Dictionarycatching/ˈkatʃɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. (of a disease) infectious: "chicken pox is catching until scabs form on all the blisters"
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CATCHING definition: 1. If an illness is catching, it can easily be passed from one person to another: 2. If an illness…. Learn more.
Catching definition: tending to be transmitted from one person to another; contagious or infectious. See examples of CATCHING used in a sentence.
noun. the act of detecting something; catching sight of something. synonyms: detection, espial, spotting, spying. see more. adjective. (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection. synonyms: communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable. infectious. easily spread.
to discover, see, or realize something, especially someone doing something wrong: [ + -ing verb ] He caught her read ing his old love letters. If the virus is caught (= discovered) in time, most patients can be successfully treated.
1. : infectious, contagious. the flu is catching. his spirit is catching. 2. : catchy, alluring. Synonyms. communicable. contagious. pestilent. transmissible. transmittable. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of catching in a Sentence. “I have a cold.” “Is it catching ?” a cold is often catching before the symptoms even begin.
If a feeling or emotion is catching, it has a strong influence on other people and spreads quickly, for example through a crowd. Enthusiasm is very catching. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary .
1. a. : to capture or seize especially after pursuit. catch a thief. b. : to take or entangle in or as if in a snare. catch fish in a net. : deceive. d. : to discover unexpectedly : find. caught in the act. e. : to check (oneself) suddenly or momentarily. He started to say the wrong thing but quickly caught himself. f. : to become suddenly aware of
Catch definition: to seize or capture, especially after pursuit. See examples of CATCH used in a sentence.
Definition of catching adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
catch•ing (kach′ ing), adj. tending to be transmitted from one person to another; contagious or infectious: a disease that is catching; His enthusiasm is catching. attractive; fascinating; captivating; alluring: a catching personality. 1375–1425; late Middle English; see catch, - ing2. catch′ing•ly, adv.
