"caught" meaning in English

See caught in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kɔːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kɔt/ (note: without the cot–caught merger), [kʰɔt] (note: without the cot–caught merger), [kʰɔə̯t] (note: without the cot–caught merger), [kʰoə̯t] (note: without the cot–caught merger), [kʰʊə̯t] (note: without the cot–caught merger), /kɑt/ [cot-caught-merger], [kʰɑt] [cot-caught-merger], /koːt/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand], [k̠ʰoːt] [General-Australian, New-Zealand], [kʰo̝ːʔ] [General-Australian, New-Zealand], [kʰɒt] [Canada, Inland-Northern-American], [qʰoːʔ] [Multicultural-London-English], [kʰoːʔ] [Multicultural-London-English] Audio: en-uk-caught.ogg , en-us-contrastive-caught.ogg , en-us-caught.ogg , en-au-caught.ogg , en-us-inlandnorth-caught.ogg
Rhymes: -ɔːt Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} caught (not comparable)
  1. (cricket) Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: caught and bowled, wild-caught
    Sense id: en-caught-en-adj-kg~uZA9m Categories (other): Cricket, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Verb

IPA: /kɔːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kɔt/ (note: without the cot–caught merger), [kʰɔt] (note: without the cot–caught merger), [kʰɔə̯t] (note: without the cot–caught merger), [kʰoə̯t] (note: without the cot–caught merger), [kʰʊə̯t] (note: without the cot–caught merger), /kɑt/ [cot-caught-merger], [kʰɑt] [cot-caught-merger], /koːt/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand], [k̠ʰoːt] [General-Australian, New-Zealand], [kʰo̝ːʔ] [General-Australian, New-Zealand], [kʰɒt] [Canada, Inland-Northern-American], [qʰoːʔ] [Multicultural-London-English], [kʰoːʔ] [Multicultural-London-English] Audio: en-uk-caught.ogg , en-us-contrastive-caught.ogg , en-us-caught.ogg , en-au-caught.ogg , en-us-inlandnorth-caught.ogg
Rhymes: -ɔːt Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} caught
  1. simple past and past participle of catch Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: catch Synonyms: catched [nonstandard, obsolete] Derived forms: cot-caught, cot-caught merged, uncaught, upcaught
    Sense id: en-caught-en-verb-itBMe7Qb

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɒt]",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "Inland-Northern-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-inlandnorth-caught.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/18/En-us-inlandnorth-caught.ogg/En-us-inlandnorth-caught.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/En-us-inlandnorth-caught.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[qʰoːʔ]",
      "tags": [
        "Multicultural-London-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰoːʔ]",
      "tags": [
        "Multicultural-London-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "cot (cot–caught merger)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "court (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːt"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "nonstandard",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "catched"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caught"
}

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