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catchable

catchable

4.8
Possible to handle in a program when an error happens
  • adjective
  • /ˈkæʧəbl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : manejable
  • If the exception is not catchable, the application may terminate unexpectedly.

Examples

  • Developers should ensure all critical errors are catchable by the system.

  • Is the exception catchable in this case?

  • The error must be catchable for the program to recover gracefully.

  • The error was catchable by the program.

  • The error must be catchable for the program to recover gracefully.

  • If the exception is not catchable, it might lead to a crash in the software.

  • Developers should ensure that all exceptions are catchable by their code.

Synonyms

handleable
vscatchable
1 4.1

Easy to manage in daily life

is specific to being intercepted by a program's exception handler

Antonyms

uncatchable
2 4.2

So fast or clever that people cannot stop them

How Catchable

catchable
  • Specialized
4.8
uncatchable
2 4.2

Surface Forms

catchable positive

Morphology

catchable = catch (transparent) = catch + able

Formed by productive suffixation of '-able' to the verb 'catch', meaning 'able to be intercepted or handled' in a programming context.

Etymology

Catchable uses the verb catch, meaning 'grab' or 'take', the same idea behind capture. With -able meaning 'able to', catchable means an error or event a program can 'catch' and then deal with.