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catch on

catch on
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kach on, awn]
    • /kætʃ ɒn, ɔn/
    • /kætʃ ɒn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kach on, awn]
    • /kætʃ ɒn, ɔn/

Definitions of catch on words

  • phrasal verb catch on If you catch on to something, you understand it, or realize that it is happening. 3
  • phrasal verb catch on If something catches on, it becomes popular. 3
  • verb catch on to become popular or fashionable 3
  • verb catch on to grasp mentally; understand 3
  • noun catch on to grasp the meaning; understand 3
  • noun catch on to become fashionable or popular 3
See all 53 definitions of catch on

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Origin of catch on

First appearance:

before 1175
One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English cacchen to chase, capture < Old North French cachier < Vulgar Latin *captiāre, for Latin captāre to grasp at, seek out, try to catch, frequentative of capere to take

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Parts of speech for Catch on

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Catch on

catch on popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

catch on usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for catch on

verb catch on

  • find out — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
  • confirm — If something confirms what you believe, suspect, or fear, it shows that it is definitely true.
  • verify — to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction.
  • determine — If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
  • divine — of or relating to a god, especially the Supreme Being.
All 188 Synonyms of catch on

Antonyms for catch on

verb catch on

  • disprove — to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
  • invalidate — to render invalid; discredit.
  • misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
  • destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
  • unsettle — to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
All 59 Antonyms of catch on

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