caught
pronunciation
How to pronounce caught in British English:
UK [kɔːt]
How to pronounce caught in American English:
US [ kɔːt]
Word Origin
- caught
- past tense and past participle of catch (v.), attested from 14c., predominant after c. 1800, replacing earlier catched. A rare instance of English strong verb with a French origin. This might have been by influence of Middle English lacchen (see latch (v.)), which also then meant "to catch" and was a synonym of catch (as their noun forms remain), and which then had past tense forms lahte, lauhte, laught. The influence happened before latch switched to its modern weak conjugation.
Example
- 1. It quite caught the public imagination at the time .
- 2. Singapore and hong kong caught japan in the early 1990s .
- 3. Her work caught the eye of szostak .
- 4. That 's what caught our attention .
- 5. One pipe especially caught his eye .