What does catching mean?
Definitions for catching
ˈkætʃ ɪŋcatch·ing
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word catching.
Princeton's WordNet
catchingnoun
(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
detection, catching, espial, spying, spottingnoun
the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
catching, contractingadjective
becoming infected
"catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"
catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittableadjective
(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
Wiktionary
catchingnoun
The action of the verb catch.
catchingadjective
contagious
ChatGPT
catching
Catching is the act of receiving, gaining possession or intercepting something that has been thrown, propelled or dropped. It typically involves using one's hands, a piece of equipment or part of the body to successfully halt the movement of the object without dropping or losing control of it. This term is commonly used in various sports and games.
Webster Dictionary
Catching
of Catch
Catchingadjective
infectious; contagious
Catchingadjective
captivating; alluring
Catchingnoun
the act of seizing or taking hold of
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
CATCHING
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Catching is ranked #50362 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Catching surname appeared 415 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Catching.
49.4% or 205 total occurrences were Black.
46.2% or 192 total occurrences were White.
2.4% or 10 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.6% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of catching in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of catching in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of catching in a Sentence
We have a lot of agents quarantined right now, which adds to our problem, on top of agents who are sick with COVID, so we’re concerned about catching it ourselves, we’re concerned about our families and coworkers and it just seems everyone's turning a blind eye to it when we have a real situation down here.
Compared with other industry players, our international business started late. But we're catching up.
We still have a lot of catching up to do in our digital business.
CBS is catching up to the ‘Today Show’ because CBS made the daring gamble to be a little different, selecting an old-timer like Charlie Rose and doing long-format interviews aren’t what typically works in morning TV. But CBS has shown that not only is it OK to be different, it pays to be different if you want to distinguish yourself in a marketplace where most network news shows all look and sound alike.
It's just a little bit of everything right now, kind of catching up on the defensive end of things and still spending some time in the cages with hitting and still keeping my foot there. So it's really all over the map right now.
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Translations for catching
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- заразителенBulgarian
- CapturaPortuguese
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