Talk:catch

There are too many definitions - several of them really have the same meaning. Needs careful rationalisation.

NOUN

Seems to be the same meaning to me in these two defintions.
 * (countable, uncountable) That which is captured or the amount which is captured, especially of fish.
 * The fishermen took pictures of their catch.


 * (countable) A find, in particular a boyfriend/girlfriend.
 * Did you see his latest catch?

VERB
 * (transitive) To detect; sense.
 * He was caught on video robbing the bank.
 * Is this not the sense of capture? There is no sense or detect until someone looks at what is captured.


 * (transitive) To understand.
 * Did you catch his name?
 * I'd question if this is the right defintion/meaning. It's not "did you understand his name", its more "did you capture his name". You can catch what someone says, without understanding the meaning of it.
 * Regardless, I think this definition is convoluted to a point that if someone were to actually look the word up, they would come back confused. Simplification is in order. Macai 06:55, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Looks okay to me, so I've removed the cleanup tag. If you still feel this way use not. DAVilla 00:00, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

catchee
How's catchee pronounced? --Backinstadiums (talk) 15:35, 10 May 2020 (UTC)


 * ✅ Equinox ◑ 03:05, 11 May 2020 (UTC)