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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERCATCH

overcatch  [ˌəʊvəˈkætʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERCATCH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overcatch 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 overcatch in English.

WHAT DOES OVERCATCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overcatch in the English dictionary

The definition of overcatch in the dictionary is overtake.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OVERCATCH

PRESENT

Present
I overcatch
you overcatch
he/she/it overcatches
we overcatch
you overcatch
they overcatch
Present continuous
I am overcatching
you are overcatching
he/she/it is overcatching
we are overcatching
you are overcatching
they are overcatching
Present perfect
I have overcaught
you have overcaught
he/she/it has overcaught
we have overcaught
you have overcaught
they have overcaught
Present perfect continuous
I have been overcatching
you have been overcatching
he/she/it has been overcatching
we have been overcatching
you have been overcatching
they have been overcatching
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 overcaught
you overcaught
he/she/it overcaught
we overcaught
you overcaught
they overcaught
Past continuous
I was overcatching
you were overcatching
he/she/it was overcatching
we were overcatching
you were overcatching
they were overcatching
Past perfect
I had overcaught
you had overcaught
he/she/it had overcaught
we had overcaught
you had overcaught
they had overcaught
Past perfect continuous
I had been overcatching
you had been overcatching
he/she/it had been overcatching
we had been overcatching
you had been overcatching
they had been overcatching
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you overcatch
we let´s overcatch
you overcatch
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to overcatch
Past participle
overcaught
Present Participle
overcatching
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 RHYME WITH OVERCATCH


attach
əˈtætʃ
batch
bætʃ
catch
kætʃ
despatch
dɪˈspætʃ
detach
dɪˈtætʃ
dispatch
dɪˈspætʃ
hatch
hætʃ
latch
lætʃ
match
mætʃ
mismatch
ˌmɪsˈmætʃ
mix-and-match
ˌmɪksəndˈmætʃ
outcatch
ˌaʊtˈkætʃ
patch
pætʃ
recatch
riːˈkætʃ
recaught
riːˈkætʃ
rematch
ˈriːˌmætʃ
scratch
skrætʃ
seecatch
ˈsiːˌkætʃ
snatch
snætʃ
upcatch
ʌpˈkætʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERCATCH

overcall
overcame
overcanopy
overcapacity
overcapitalisation
overcapitalise
overcapitalization
overcapitalize
overcapitalized
overcareful
overcarry
overcast
overcast seam
overcaught
overcautious
overcautiously
overcautiousness
overcentralise
overcentralize
overcharge

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERCATCH

a bad patch
by-catch
deathwatch
fob watch
football match
friendly match
from scratch
home match
officer of the watch
on the watch
quartz watch
safety catch
sasquatch
Scotch catch
stopwatch
swatch
test match
thatch
watch
wristwatch

Synonyms and antonyms of overcatch in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overcatch» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERCATCH

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

Translator English - Chinese

overcatch
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

overcatch
570 millions of speakers

English

overcatch
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overcatch
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

overcatch
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

overcatch
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

overcatch
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overcatch
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prises excédentaires
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Overcatch
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

overcatch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

漁獲
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

overcatch
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overcatch
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overcatch
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overcatch
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओव्हरचच
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

overcatch
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

overcatch
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

overcatch
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

overcatch
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

overcatch
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

overcatch
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overcatch
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

overcatch
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overcatch
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overcatch

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERCATCH»

The term «overcatch» is barely ever used and occupies the 207.795 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of overcatch
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERCATCH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «overcatch» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «overcatch» 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 overcatch

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERCATCH»

Discover the use of overcatch in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overcatch and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Deep Sea 2003: Conference reports
For the first six years, however, New Zealand also agreed to repay 640 t of its notional overcatch by reducing its actual catch limits over seven years - 100 t a year for six years and 40 t in the seventh year7. Despite considerable searching and ...
Ross Shotton, 2005
2
Yearbook of International Environmental Law
Having admitted to a small level of overcatch, Japan unilaterally introduced a number of domestic measures that it hoped would mollify the Commission. The first measure was the establishment of an individual SBT quota system for individual ...
Ole Kristian Fauchald, David Hunter, 2008
3
Teacher's Weather Sourcebook
It is important to note that all rain gauges are subject to measurement errors, characterized as either overcatch or undercatch. Overcatch leads to an overestimate of rainfall depth resulting from splash-in, either by water rebounding from the ...
Tom Konvicka, 1999
4
Sharing the Fish:: Toward a National Policy on Individual ...
Fishermen have until the fifteenth of the month following the month of the overcatch to obtain quota to cover the overcatch, and if they are successful the deemed value will be returned to them. The deemed value is set at a level that ...
Committee to Review Individual Fishing Quotas, National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, 1999
5
Performance assessment of bycatch and discards governance by ...
Similarly, in New Zealand's ITQ fisheries, measures instituted to reduce incentives for discarding include a 10% overcatch provision, provisions for quota substitution (eliminated in 2001 due to persistent exceeding TACs for some bycatch ...
Eric Gilman, Kelvin Passfield, Katrina Nakamura
6
Australian legal monthly digest
It was clear from the evidence that the applicant, to the knowledge of the respondent, had made substantial efforts to reconcile the 1994 overcatch and that he expected to be able to use part of the 1996 quota towards reconciliation of the 1994 ...
‎1997
7
Ocean Yearbook
This is more complex, because the only reason for trading quota in this situation is to cover overcatch. Let us return to the initial scenario, and suppose the catches in the year were: A, 495; B, 375; and C, 120. With a total of 990 tonnes caught, ...
Elisabeth Mann Borgese, Norton Sydney Ginsburg, 2007
8
Hydrology Handbook
Undercatch occurs when precipitation that would otherwise enter the gage is intercepted by tree foliage or other site obstructions. Overcatch occurs when the intercepted precipitation, primarily snow, is blown from the interception site into the ...
American Society of Civil Engineers, 1996
9
Rights Based Fishing
Under this scheme, a fisher in an overcatch situation would still seek to procure quota or avail himself of his defence under Section 88 (1)C of the Fisheries Act by notifying a Fishery Officer or Registrar. On notification of overcatch he would be ...
P.A. Neher, Ragnar Arnason, Nina Mollett, 1989
10
Affaires Du Thon À Nageoire Bleue (Nouvelle-Zélande C. ...
... unintentional overcatch of southern bluefin tuna by New Zealand (e) Facsimile from the Agent for Australia to the Registrar of the Tribunal dated 10 March 2000 commenting on unintentional overcatch by New Zealand 609 610 610 610 614 ...
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERCATCH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overcatch is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Decline in hilsa catch due to wild stock loss
Low level of awareness among common people leads to overcatch of juvenile hilsa and thus depletion of stock. “We are trying to make both ... «The Statesman, Jun 15»
2
Wildlife, including fisheries, management is a bogus enterprise
Common sense will tell you that you can't "overcatch" a species to the point of extinction. Even if a species becomes extinct you don't know if it ... «Beaufort Observer, Jun 15»
3
Fishing guild seeks determination on Sealord catch plan changes
... on changes to the catch plans for Sealord fishing boats made in 2013, which raised the catches and affected the ability to overcatch. «The Nelson Mail, May 15»
4
Live discussion: It's lunchtime with Jonathan Gold!
Fish populations, for example, are plummeting, both due to ocean warming and overcatch, but invertebrates like lobster may be more common. «Los Angeles Times, Sep 14»
5
Study Shows that Bluefin Tuna Is Being Severely Overfished
... Atlantic bluefin tuna was being traded last year than was actually allowed to be caught, resulting in an overcatch of nearly 20,000 metric tons. «TIME, Oct 11»
6
Bluefin tuna fishing quota increases as numbers rise
... groups' fish-eating advisory black lists, particularly after it was found to have been devastated by a hidden 20-year Japanese overcatch. «Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 11»
7
Part III: Bluefin, Inc.
It shows that since 1985 Japan's poor regulation and enforcement allowed a whopping 178,000 metric tons of southern bluefin overcatch to slip ... «Center for Public Integrity, Nov 10»
8
Biodiversity for life and livelihood
However, overcatch, destruction of habitat, pollution, conversion of wetlands to alternative uses have resulted in extinction of many fish species ... «The Daily Star, Jun 10»
9
Japanese tuna scandal starts to bite
An official investigation has already found that over 20 years Japanese fishers hid an $8 billion overcatch of the highly prized sashimi fish that ... «The Age, Oct 07»
10
Bluefin tuna scandal: Japan's back door revealed
It estimated the total illegal overcatch sold in Japan southern bluefin markets over three years to 2005 under two scenarios: at 30,325 tonnes if ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 06»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Overcatch [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/overcatch>. Apr 2024 ».
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