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catch-up

catch-up

9 3.3
An informal meeting to share news and updates
  • noun
  • /ˈkæʧˌʌp/
  • Informal
translation icon : reunión
  • We'll have time for a cozy catch-up later.
  • play catch-up
  • game of catch-up
  • catch-up time

So I thought it's a fitting time to just like sit down just me and you and have a little a little catch up.

Examples

  • This is your daily catch up, very inclusive show.

  • OK, well, this has been a fun catch up conversation.

  • I was hoping to have a little catch-up with him.

    Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)

  • Is it all right if I just have a little catch-up with you?

    Krisha (2016)

  • I'll tell you what, let's have a big one tonight, a proper catch-up.

    The Rise & Fall of a White Collar Hooligan (2012)

  • Sorry for joining in so far after the fact, but I'm doing my post-holidays catch-up.

    Blog text (10)

  • So today we're playing catch-up with Morningstar's Christine Benz, our director of personal finance.

    Blog text (4)

  • Let's have a quick catch-up to share the latest news from our lives.

  • After a busy month, I arranged a catch-up with my friends to discuss our progress.

  • We scheduled a catch-up over coffee to update each other on our projects.

Synonyms

meeting
vscatch-up
∞ 1.0

A group of people who come together for a planned purpose or to be social

is specifically an informal update occasion rather than any gathering
conversation
vscatch-up
∞ 1.0

A talk between two or more people to share news and ideas

is a bounded meeting for mutual updates rather than an open talk
conference call
vscatch-up
62 3.0

A phone call where more than two people talk, usually for work

is usually face to face and focused on casual updates rather than phone talk
get-together
vscatch-up
  • Informal
46 1.9

A small informal meeting for people to talk and spend time together

focuses on exchanging news or progress rather than pure socializing
huddle
vscatch-up
  • Informal
23 4.1

A short private meeting to talk about plans

is an informal time to update each other rather than only quick planning
meetup
vscatch-up
  • Texting
13 3.5

A planned informal meeting for people with the same interests, often arranged online

is used for casual updates rather than organized interest events
link-up
vscatch-up
1 3.5

A meeting that connects people or groups to work together

centres on personal updates and progress rather than formal collaboration
nonconference
vscatch-up
  • Informal
7.2

An informal meeting for people to share ideas and talk

is a casual update session rather than a loosely organized event

How Formal

presentation
435 3.5
briefing
368 3.7
meeting
∞ 1.0
catch-up
  • Informal
9 3.3
to chat
  • Informal
269 1.0

Surface Forms

catch-up singular
catch-ups plural

Morphology

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

The sense comes from 'catch up', but the specialized informal meaning of a social update meeting is a conventional extension rather than a fully literal composition.

Etymology

Catch-up comes from catch ('to get') and up, meaning 'to the latest point', so to 'catch up' is to learn the newest things. That's why a catch-up is an informal meeting where people share news and updates.