catches

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- /kætʃ/
- /kætʃ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /kætʃ/

Definitions of catches word

noun catches Plural form of catch. 1
noun catches plural of catch. 0
verb catches third-person singular simple present indicative form of catch. 0

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Parts of speech for Catches

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Catches

catches popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for catches

noun catches

hooks — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
latches — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
bolts — a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
difficulties — the fact or condition of being difficult.
tricks — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.

verb catches

grabs — to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.
holds — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
arrests — Plural form of arrest.
captures — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
bags — a lot; a great deal

All 16 Synonyms of catches

Antonyms for catches

noun catches

keys — a small metal instrument specially cut to fit into a lock and move its bolt.
advantages — A condition or circumstance that puts one in a favorable or superior position.
benefits — The benefits of a life or medical insurance policy are the money that it pays out.

verb catches

drops — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
misses — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
stops — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
vetoes — the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.

All 7 Antonyms of catches

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