verb

caught

Translation

to catch, to get, to understand

He caught the ball.

I caught a cold last week.

She caught him lying.

We caught the last train.

((sth.)) to catch (sth.) He caught the ball.

((sb.)) ((doing sth.)) to catch (sb.) doing (sth.) She caught him stealing.

((an illness)) to catch (an illness) I caught a cold.

((a vehicle)) to catch (a vehicle) We caught the bus.

Synonyms: grabbed, seized, captured; Antonyms: missed, dropped, released

Past tense and past participle of the verb 'to catch', from Old English 'cæccan'.

The pronunciation sounds like 'cot'. Imagine you 'caught' a fish and put it on a 'cot' to help remember.