catching

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catching in WordNet English dictionary

noun

(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
catching
the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
detection catching espial spying spotting
becoming infected
"catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"
catching contracting

adjective

(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
catching communicable contagious contractable transmissible transmittable

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