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PRONUNCIATION OF CATCH OUT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CATCH OUT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Catch out is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb catch out in English.

WHAT DOES CATCH OUT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of catch out in the English dictionary

The definition of catch out in the dictionary is to trap, esp in an error or doing something reprehensible.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CATCH OUT

PRESENT

Present
I catch out
you catch out
he/she/it catches out
we catch out
you catch out
they catch out
Present continuous
I am catching out
you are catching out
he/she/it is catching out
we are catching out
you are catching out
they are catching out
Present perfect
I have caught out
you have caught out
he/she/it has caught out
we have caught out
you have caught out
they have caught out
Present perfect continuous
I have been catching out
you have been catching out
he/she/it has been catching out
we have been catching out
you have been catching out
they have been catching out
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I caught out
you caught out
he/she/it caught out
we caught out
you caught out
they caught out
Past continuous
I was catching out
you were catching out
he/she/it was catching out
we were catching out
you were catching out
they were catching out
Past perfect
I had caught out
you had caught out
he/she/it had caught out
we had caught out
you had caught out
they had caught out
Past perfect continuous
I had been catching out
you had been catching out
he/she/it had been catching out
we had been catching out
you had been catching out
they had been catching out
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will catch out
you will catch out
he/she/it will catch out
we will catch out
you will catch out
they will catch out
Future continuous
I will be catching out
you will be catching out
he/she/it will be catching out
we will be catching out
you will be catching out
they will be catching out
Future perfect
I will have caught out
you will have caught out
he/she/it will have caught out
we will have caught out
you will have caught out
they will have caught out
Future perfect continuous
I will have been catching out
you will have been catching out
he/she/it will have been catching out
we will have been catching out
you will have been catching out
they will have been catching out
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would catch out
you would catch out
he/she/it would catch out
we would catch out
you would catch out
they would catch out
Conditional continuous
I would be catching out
you would be catching out
he/she/it would be catching out
we would be catching out
you would be catching out
they would be catching out
Conditional perfect
I would have catch out
you would have catch out
he/she/it would have catch out
we would have catch out
you would have catch out
they would have catch out
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been catching out
you would have been catching out
he/she/it would have been catching out
we would have been catching out
you would have been catching out
they would have been catching out
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you catch out
we let´s catch out
you catch out
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to catch out
Past participle
caught out
Present Participle
catching out
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CATCH OUT

catch a cold
catch a crab
catch a few zeds
catch basin
catch crop
catch fire
catch it
catch on
catch one´s breath
catch one´s death
catch oneself on
catch phrase
catch pit
catch points
catch question
catch the sun
catch up
catch-22
catch-all
catch-as-catch-can

WORDS THAT END LIKE CATCH OUT

airbrush out
branch out
check out
crash out
dish out
eat out
find out
fish out
flesh out
lash out
log out
on the way out
psych out
rough out
sign out
splash out
thrash out
thresh out
wash out
watch out

Synonyms and antonyms of catch out in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «catch out» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CATCH OUT

Find out the translation of catch out to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of catch out from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «catch out» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

赶出去
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

atrapar a cabo
570 millions of speakers

English

catch out
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाहर पकड़ने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قبض خارج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

поймать из
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pegar fora
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বল লুফিয়া আউট্ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prendre en défaut
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menangkap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

überführen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

見破る
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

간파
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyekel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bắt được qủa tang
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிடி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बाहेर पडा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

meydana çıkarmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prendere fuori
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

złapać się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зловити з
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prinde din
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανακαλύπτω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uitvang
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fånga ut
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ta ut
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of catch out

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CATCH OUT»

The term «catch out» is regularly used and occupies the 91.464 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CATCH OUT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «catch out» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «catch out» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about catch out

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CATCH OUT»

Discover the use of catch out in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to catch out and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago: On ...
I catch the man offside in de neighbour house. catch out catch out v Caught; stopped and penalized. (<E catch 'come upon suddenly or unexpectedly; surprise a person doing something' + catch out 'in sports, put a person out by catching the ...
Lise Winer, 2009
2
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
... stop and shift said weight to maintain said catch out of the path of said stop, substantially as described. 2. A device of the kind described comprising a driving element ; a driven element mounted adjacent said driving element ; a spring ...
3
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
In a device of the character described; an opening and closing member; a catch adapted to holdingly engage said member; rotatable unlocking means adapted to move the catch out of its said holding engagement, and having a helically ...
United States. Patent Office, 1916
4
Going, Going ... Caught!: Baseball's Great Outfield Catches ...
“I was at Yankee Stadium last September when Jim Piersall made that catch out in front of the right field bullpen that they're still talking about but it couldn't compare to this,” said Herman. “I thought that the catch Willie Mays made on Bobby ...
Jason Aronoff, 2009
5
English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
Sam, get back into bed at once, do you want to catch your death of cold? □ Don 't go out without your coat on: otherwise, you 'll catch your death of cold. catch out kap, ze ngushte □ The little girl saw she had been caught out. She looked as if ...
Ilo Stefanllari, 2000
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Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
2 to understand : He 's a bit slow to catch on ; I suddenly caught on to what she was meaning. catch (someone) on the hop see hop. catch out 7-f sep 1 to put out (a batsman) at cricket by catching the ball after it has been hit and before it ...
7
The Mathematica Book
Here the Throw is caught by the inner In[20]:= Catch[ f [ CatchC ThrowCx, a] , a ] ] , b ] CatCh' Out [20]= f[x] But here it is caught only by the outer In[21]:= CatchC f [ CatchC ThrowCx, b], a ] ], b ] Catch' You can use patterns in specifying the ...
Stephen Wolfram, 1999
8
Cassell's Dictionary of Slang
3 to become popular or fashionable. catch out v. [1970s*] 1 (US tramp) to leave by train. 2 (US prison) to move, to leave an area quickly, (i.e. to catch a train out of town] catchpenny n. 1 [early 19C-1900s] a pamphlet or broadsheet sold in the ...
Jonathon Green, 2005
9
Rajpal Dictionary Of English Idioms & Phrases
... is caught napping Catch out: Dismissed * The batsman was caught out at the slip by the fielder Catch phrase: Popular phrase * We can see many catch phrases in advertisements published in newspapers Catch red-handed: Catch someone ...
Shori, A K, 2010
10
Heinemann English Dictionary
2 to begin to understand. catch out to show that someone is lying: They tried all sorts of tricks to catch her out, but she stuck to her story. catch up to become level with or overtake. Word Family catch noun (plural catches) 1 the act of catching.
‎2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CATCH OUT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term catch out is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Pierre's Badger Rules The Outfield
And then it's always good to get a little diving catch out there and that always gets a smile on everyone's face." Badgers says. "If there's a ... «KDLT News, Jul 15»
2
The Supreme Court grapples with adjudication
It is inevitable that this will catch out some of those who, having been successful at adjudication, find themselves liable to repay the sums ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
3
Florida Gators Podcast: Newcomers on campus
The one thing I haven't seen him do a lot is catch out of the back field. I did see some off him, but it's something I didn't see a lot of, something ... «GatorCountry.com, Jul 15»
4
Clydach impress again with big victory
Drefach fielder Dafydd Humphreys prepares to catch out Briton Ferry Town opener Stephen Richards for 43, which he successfully achieved. «South Wales Evening Post, Jul 15»
5
Mercedes' 'fake' pit stop in British GP
Mercedes, clearly rattled, needed to regain the initiative so they tried to catch out their rivals. On lap 14, Mercedes mechanics rushed out to ... «BBC Sport, Jul 15»
6
Yorkshire League: Three on the spin for York Cricket Club after …
... making his first appearance of the season for the home side, hit 20 before Chris Booth plucked an instinctive one-handed catch out of the air ... «The Press, York, Jul 15»
7
Bradenton 2, Jupiter 1 (10 Innings)
Fransoso made a diving catch out of a full sprint for the second out of the inning. DuRapau got Blake Barber to pop out to send the game to ... «The Bradenton Times, Jul 15»
8
America upsets the ESL ESEA Day One LAN Finals (CS:GO)
North American teams have always played an extremely aggressive game and this does catch out the odd European team for a few rounds, but ... «Lazygamer, Jul 15»
9
Managing shipbuilding project risk in a challenging market
Whilst this is an easy issue to avoid if the parties are careful with amendments, it can catch out even experienced buyers. Another consequence ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
10
How demand for health supplements is harming the environment
Sea Shepherd has asked Blackmores to shift their catch out of Antarctic waters so as not to threaten the whales of the Southern Ocean. - AAP. «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»

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