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 Definitions of catching  [ˈkætʃ ɪŋ]  

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Definition of 'catching' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) catching
contagious or infectious.

2.  catching
attractive; alluring.

Etymology:  (1375–1425)

Definition of 'catching' Princeton's WordNet 

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

2. (noun) detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting
the act of detecting something; catching sight of something

3. (adj) catching, contracting
becoming infected
"catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"

4. (adj) catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable
(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection


Definition of 'catching' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) catching
infectious; contagious

2. (adj) catching
captivating; alluring

3. (noun) catching
the act of seizing or taking hold of

4.  catching
of Catch


Translation of 'catching' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: infectious
Is chicken-pox catching?

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: aansteeklik Arabic flag Arabic: مُعدِ، مُنْتَقِلٌ بالعَدْ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: заразителен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: contagioso Czech flag Czech: nakažlivý German flag German: ansteckend
Danish flag Danish: smitsom Greek flag Greek: κολλητικός Spanish flag Spanish: contagioso
Estonian flag Estonian: nakkav Farsi flag Farsi: مسری؛ واگیردار Finnish flag Finnish: tarttuva
French flag French: contagieux Hebrew flag Hebrew: מִדַבֵּק Hindi flag Hindi: संक्रमण इत्यादि का फैलना
Croatian flag Croatian: zarazan, privlačan Hungarian flag Hungarian: ragályos Indonesian flag Indonesian: menular
Icelandic flag Icelandic: smitandi Italian flag Italian: contagioso Japanese flag Japanese: 感染性の
Korean flag Korean: 전염성인 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: užkrečiamas Latvian flag Latvian: lipīgs
Malay flag Malay: berjangkit Dutch flag Dutch: besmettelijk Norwegian flag Norwegian: smittsom; smittende
Polish flag Polish: zaraźliwy Persian flag Persian: مسری؛ واگیردار Pashto flag Pashto: سارى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: contagioso Romanian flag Romanian: molipsitor Russian flag Russian: заразный
Slovak flag Slovak: chytľavý, nákazlivý Slovenian flag Slovenian: nalezljiv Serbian flag Serbian: zarazan
Swedish flag Swedish: smittsam Thai flag Thai: ที่ติดต่อได้ง่าย (โรค) Turkish flag Turkish: bulaşıcı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 會傳染的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: заразливий; заразний Urdu flag Urdu: متعدی ، چھوت کی بیماری
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: lây nhiễm Chinese flag Chinese: 传染性的

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