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Webster 1913 Edition
Catcher
Catch′er
,Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, catches.
2.
(Baseball)
The player who stands behind the batsman to catch the ball.
Webster 1828 Edition
Catcher
CATCHER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Catcher
catcher
catcher
English
Noun
catcher (plural catchers)
- Someone or something that catches.
- (baseball) The player that squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher
- (chiefly US, colloquial) The bottom partner in a homosexual relationship or sexual encounter between two men.
Coordinate terms
- (baseball player): infielder, outfielder, pitcher
Derived terms
Translations
that which catches
baseball player who receives pitches
Anagrams
French
Verb
catcher
Conjugation
Conjugation of catcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | catcher | avoir catché | |||||
| gerund | en catchant | en ayant catché | |||||
| present participle | catchant /kat.ʃɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | catché /kat.ʃe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | catche /katʃ/ |
catches /katʃ/ |
catche /katʃ/ |
catchons /kat.ʃɔ̃/ |
catchez /kat.ʃe/ |
catchent /katʃ/ |
| imperfect | catchais /kat.ʃɛ/ |
catchais /kat.ʃɛ/ |
catchait /kat.ʃɛ/ |
catchions /kat.ʃjɔ̃/ |
catchiez /kat.ʃje/ |
catchaient /kat.ʃɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | catchai /kat.ʃe/ |
catchas /kat.ʃa/ |
catcha /kat.ʃa/ |
catchâmes /kat.ʃam/ |
catchâtes /kat.ʃat/ |
catchèrent /kat.ʃɛʁ/ |
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| future | catcherai /kat.ʃə.ʁe/ |
catcheras /kat.ʃə.ʁa/ |
catchera /kat.ʃə.ʁa/ |
catcherons /kat.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ |
catcherez /kat.ʃə.ʁe/ |
catcheront /kat.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | catcherais /kat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
catcherais /kat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
catcherait /kat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
catcherions /kat.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
catcheriez /kat.ʃə.ʁje/ |
catcheraient /kat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | catche /katʃ/ |
catches /katʃ/ |
catche /katʃ/ |
catchions /kat.ʃjɔ̃/ |
catchiez /kat.ʃje/ |
catchent /katʃ/ |
| imperfect1 |
catchasse /kat.ʃas/ |
catchasses /kat.ʃas/ |
catchât /kat.ʃa/ |
catchassions /kat.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
catchassiez /kat.ʃa.sje/ |
catchassent /kat.ʃas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | catche /katʃ/ |
— | catchons /kat.ʃɔ̃/ |
catchez /kat.ʃe/ |
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