CATCHING

• (noun) becoming infected

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

  synonyms : contracting

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

• (noun) the act of detecting something; catching sight of something

  synonyms : detection , espial , spotting , spying

• (adj.) (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

  synonyms : communicable , contagious , contractable , transmissible , transmittable

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