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Plural of catch

regular plural

The plural of catch is catches.

Forms of catch

Singularcatch /kæt͡ʃ/
Pluralcatches
Countablecountable and uncountable

Catches in a sentence

  • He mused on memorable catches: dolphin fish, marlin—the last weighing more than 500 pounds.1987 October, Charles E. Cobb, Jr., “North Carolina's Outer Banks”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 498
  • Alfred O'Shea, a tenorizing youth from Australia, sang several times at Queen's Hall, and may congratulate himself on being one of the ‘catches’ of the season.1922 August 1, “London Concerts”, in The Musical Times
  • It's a great idea, and if it catches on and sells well, we'll have it made.From the entry have it made
  • Swamp gas occasionally catches fire. Sometimes lightning sets off a patch of swamp gas.From the entry swamp gas
  • The aardvark burrows in the ground and feeds mostly on termites, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue.From the entry aardvark

Meaning of catch

  1. noun The act of seizing or capturing.
  2. noun The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
  3. noun The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.

Full definition of catch

Questions about the plural of catch

What is the plural of catch?
The plural of catch is catches.
Is catch countable?
Catch is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: catch (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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