Definitions for latch on
latch on

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. latch onverb

   take hold of or attach to

   "The biochip latches onto the genes"

2. take up, latch on, fasten on, hook on, seize onverb

   adopt

   "take up new ideas"

3. catch on, get wise, get onto, tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get itverb

   understand, usually after some initial difficulty

   "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"

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1. latch onverb

   To grasp firmly; to become attached to.

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1. latch on

   Latch on generally refers to the act of tightly securing, connecting, or attaching oneself or something to another object or concept. It can also mean to quickly comprehend or understand a new idea or information. The term is commonly used in various contexts such as in breastfeeding where a baby "latches on" to its mother's nipple, or in ideas where a person "latches on" to a certain concept.

Matched Categories

1. • Comprehend
   • Embrace
   • Grasp

How to pronounce latch on?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say latch on in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of latch on in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of latch on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of latch on in a Sentence

1. Brother Colm O'Connell:

   That's when (Kenya) started to latch on to the idea that this needs to be tackled, she was the first real elite athlete to set people back on their heels.

2. Todd Bailey:

   We're all from Vermont and we've all voted for Bernie a number of times, and he's a little bit quirky. People really latch on to the combination of his personality as well as what he stands for.

3. Duane Engebretson:

   Alyssa Alyssa and her parents felt that if [ Mayo ] got their hands on Alyssa Alyssa, they would latch on and Alyssa Alyssa and her parents wouldn't get Alyssa Alyssa back again.

4. Martin King:

   It's another incident that anti-pipeline types and environmentalists... will latch on to say this stuff is dangerous.

5. Rand Paul:

   I have been one of the leading proponents saying that any agreement that we come to with Iran has to come back and be voted on by Congress, i think that people are desperate somehow to latch on to the status quo and so they put out falsehoods.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=latch on
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Latch_on
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com