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English verb: catch up | |||
| 1. | catch up (motion) reach the point where one should be after a delay | ||
| Samples | I caught up on my homework. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make, reach | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | come back | ||
| Entail | follow | ||
| 2. | catch up (cognition) learn belatedly; find out about something after it happened | ||
| Samples | I'm trying to catch up with the latest developments in molecular biology. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | acquire, larn, learn | ||
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