Noun
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| catching -
becoming infected; "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"
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contracting |
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acquiring,
getting the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving"
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| catching -
(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
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playing the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation
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| Catching -
the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
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detection,
catching,
espial,
spying,
spotting |
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find,
uncovering,
discovery the act of discovering something
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Adjective
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| catching -
(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
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communicable,
contagious,
contractable,
transmissible,
transmittable |
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infectious easily spread; "fear is exceedingly infectious; children catch it from their elders"- Bertrand Russell
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