Definition as Noun

• (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
• becoming infected
• the act of detecting something; catching sight of something

Definition as Noun

• the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
• a police investigation to determine the perpetrator
• the perception that something has occurred or some state exists
• the detection that a signal is being received

Definition as Adjective

• (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

Definition as Adjective

• communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable

• contracting

• detection, espial, spying, spotting

• catching, espial, spying, spotting

• detecting, detective work, sleuthing

• sensing

• signal detection

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

• "detection is hard on the feet"

• "early detection can often lead to a cure"

• Catching vs communicable
• Catching vs contagious
• Catching vs contractable
• Catching vs transmissible
• Catching vs transmittable
• Catching vs contracting
• Catching vs detection
• Catching vs espial
• Catching vs spying
• Catching vs spotting
• Catching vs catching
• Catching vs detecting
• Catching vs detective work
• Catching vs sleuthing
• Catching vs sensing
• Catching vs signal detection

• Detection vs communicable
• Detection vs contagious
• Detection vs contractable
• Detection vs transmissible
• Detection vs transmittable
• Detection vs contracting
• Detection vs detection
• Detection vs espial
• Detection vs spying
• Detection vs spotting
• Detection vs catching
• Detection vs detecting
• Detection vs detective work
• Detection vs sleuthing
• Detection vs sensing
• Detection vs signal detection