"catch on" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-catch on.ogg [Australia] Forms: catches on [present, singular, third-person], catching on [participle, present], caught on [participle, past], caught on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|catch<,,caught> on}} catch on (third-person singular simple present catches on, present participle catching on, simple past and past participle caught on)
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To understand; to begin to understand; to realize. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Synonyms: cotton on, glom on
    Sense id: en-catch_on-en-verb-DB~m74km
  2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To become popular; to become commonplace; to become the standard. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Translations (to become popular): tarttua (Finnish), se répandre (French), diffondersi (Italian), attecchire (Italian), prendere piede (Italian), calar (Spanish), cuajar (Spanish), pegar (Spanish), prosperar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-catch_on-en-verb-HOMYVAnv Disambiguation of 'to become popular': 2 79 19
  3. (intransitive, New England, dated, of food) To become stuck to the cooking vessel; to brown or burn slightly. Tags: New-England, dated, intransitive Categories (topical): Cooking
    Sense id: en-catch_on-en-verb-nFdgwc0H Disambiguation of Cooking: 11 14 75 Categories (other): New England English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (on), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 4 63 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 7 61 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (on): 36 11 53 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 7 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: catch fire, catch oneself on, catch on fire, catch up

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to become popular",
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      "sense": "to become popular",
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      "sense": "to become popular",
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      "sense": "to become popular",
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to become popular",
      "word": "pegar"
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}

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