catches

Noun

catch (countable and uncountable, plural catches)

1. (countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
   • The catch of the perpetrator was the product of a year of police work.
2. (countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
   • The player made an impressive catch.
3. (countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
   • Good catch. I never would have remembered that.

   Synonyms:

   observation

4. (uncountable) The game of catching a ball.
   • The kids love to play catch.
5. (countable) Something which is captured or caught.
   • The fishermen took pictures of their catch.

   Synonyms:

   haul, take

6. (broadly, colloquial, countable) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
   • Did you see his latest catch?

   Synonyms:

   prize, find, conquest, beau

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