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catch-up

catch-up

2 3.8
Helps someone reach the needed level after falling behind
  • adjective
  • /ˈkæʧˌʌp/
translation icon : de recuperación
  • If a migrant/refugee has no valid documentation of vaccination, a standard 'catch-up' schedule should be commenced.
  • play catch-up

Examples

  • We're also providing significant financial support to help pupils catch up on lost learning.

  • Charley Myers did a good job helping me get caught up.

  • We're also providing significant financial support to help pupils catch up on lost learning.

  • And she wanted to catch up on the sleep she'd missed.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Babies who are already 3 or 4 months old when the vaccine is introduced will also be offered it as part of a one-off catch-up programme.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Furthermore, not all European countries implemented a catch-up program for children under 5 years of age; catch-up programs speed up the eradication of vaccine serotypes.

    Academic text (2012)

  • If a migrant/refugee has no valid documentation of vaccination, a standard catch-up schedule should be commenced.

How Remedial

remedial
24 4.2
catch-up
2 3.8
helpful
689 1.0

Surface Forms

catch-up positive

Morphology

catch-up = catch + up (transparent) = catch + up

The adjective is built directly from the phrasal verb 'catch up' and clearly refers to making progress or reaching the needed level.

Etymology

Catch-up comes from the common verb catch, meaning 'to reach or grab', and the word up, which adds the idea of getting 'to the same level'. So a catch-up class is made to help someone reach the required level.