/ English Dictionary

CATCH ON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become popular

Example:

This fashion caught on in Paris

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "catch on" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Understand, usually after some initial difficulty

Example:

She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on

Synonyms:

catch on; cotton on; get it; get onto; get wise; latch on; tumble; twig

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "catch on" is one way to...):

apprehend; compass; comprehend; dig; get the picture; grasp; grok; savvy (get the meaning of something)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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