Catching in a sentence as a noun

At the end of the day, not catching the bad guys is the biggest sin in law enforcement, because it's the mission.

Android is catching up on hardware, but not software ecosystem.

Like a football team, we hackers all do our part in the blocking, tackling, running, throwing, catching, and scoring.

"The problem we face is pretty huge, because it will take a dramatic cultural change in order for us to start catching up.

Catching in a sentence as an adjective

Android is catching up, but iPhone users still spend a disproportionate amount of time using their phone's browser.

I hope everyone is catching on to what 37signals is doing: building significant brand awareness before the launch of a new product.

However, their conclusion of the likelihood of a Tesla catching on fire seems off, and the exclamation mark makes this press release seem glib.

The only ones who will get it wrong, in this case, will be the legions of publishers rushing Flappy Bird clones to market in the hopes of catching some of its halo effect.

Catching definitions

noun

(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team

noun

the act of detecting something; catching sight of something

See also: detection espial spying spotting

noun

becoming infected; "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"

See also: contracting

adjective

(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

See also: communicable contagious contractable transmissible transmittable