Talk:catch
Add topicLatest comment: 4 years ago by Equinox in topic catchee
There are too many definitions - several of them really have the same meaning. Needs careful rationalisation.
NOUN
Seems to be the same meaning to me in these two defintions.
- (countable, uncountable) That which is captured or the amount which is captured, especially of fish.
- The fishermen took pictures of their catch.
- (countable) A find, in particular a boyfriend/girlfriend.
- Did you see his latest catch?
VERB
- (transitive) To detect; sense.
- He was caught on video robbing the bank.
- Is this not the sense of capture? There is no sense or detect until someone looks at what is captured.
- (transitive) To understand.
- Did you catch his name?
- I'd question if this is the right defintion/meaning. It's not "did you understand his name", its more "did you capture his name". You can catch what someone says, without understanding the meaning of it.
- Regardless, I think this definition is convoluted to a point that if someone were to actually look the word up, they would come back confused. Simplification is in order. Macai 06:55, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
- I'd question if this is the right defintion/meaning. It's not "did you understand his name", its more "did you capture his name". You can catch what someone says, without understanding the meaning of it.
Looks okay to me, so I've removed the cleanup tag. If you still feel this way use {{rfd-sense}} not {{rfc}}. DAVilla 00:00, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
How's catchee pronounced? --Backinstadiums (talk) 15:35, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
