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| 1. | [ noun ] (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team | |
| Related terms: | playing baseball baseball | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection | |
| Synonyms: | transmissible contagious contractable transmittable communicable | |
| Related terms: | infectious | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the act of detecting something; catching sight of something | |
| Synonyms: | detection spotting spying espial | |
| Related terms: | discovery detect descry | |
| 4. | [ noun ] becoming infected | |
| Synonyms: | contracting | |
| Examples: | "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable" "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic" |
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| Related terms: | acquiring contract | |
| Similar spelling: |
Catchings catch_on catchment Cutchin catkin catechumen |
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