catch up with
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
catch up with and possibly overtake
The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp
Related & opposite
- overtaking derivation
- compete entails
- catch verb group
Sense 2 verb
make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point
I have to make up a French exam
Types & categories
- recuperate hypernym
Related & opposite
- make-up derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | overtaking |
| 1 | entails | Related & opposite | compete |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | catch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | make-up |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | recuperate |