catching up

verb

Definition of catching upnext
present participle of catch up
1
as in trapping
to catch or hold as if in a net a young idealist who got caught up in the political fanaticism of the times

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2
as in fascinating
to hold the attention of as if by a spell completely caught up in opera ever since he saw La Traviata

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3
as in interesting
to hold the attention of so caught up in the game that she didn't note the passage of time

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4
as in informing
to give information to catch me up on what's been happening at the office

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for catching up
  1. informing
  2. telling
  3. occupying
  4. advising
  5. thrilling
  6. immersing
  7. instructing
  8. involving
Verb
  • State labor officials ordered the county in its report to stop all anti-collective bargaining actions, distribute the determination letter to all employees and post a notice informing employees about their rights under state law.
    Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Details from the indictments make clear that federal prosecutors were aware of the underlying schemes for months or longer before informing voters.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of informing
Verb
  • Known for their viral phone accessories (in particular the Puffer & Social Media Seriously Harms Your Mental Health cases), Urban Sophistication built a cult following by reinterpreting the everyday objects, telling a story behind every design.
    Angela Lei, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • This, as a filmmaker telling this particular story, is infinitely more interesting.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of telling
Verb
  • Pressure on prices Falling gas prices in the US should have been a wind at Harris’ back because voters, fairly or not, tend to associate the price at the pump with the party occupying the White House.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
  • And then, occupying a more approachable swath of the shred spectrum, Siebert is an ultra-suave Wasatch wiggler and skintrack slayer, whose Backyard Boogie flicks celebrate the joys of riding powder with friends.
    Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 26 Sep. 2024
Definition of occupying
Verb
  • The State Department is advising against travel to Haiti in the midst of violent political turmoil.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • There’ve been a lot of studies advising us that a lack of sleep negatively affects health.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of advising
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  • But as the years wore on, the chance to turn this boxing story into a thrilling episodic series felt both obvious and exciting.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
  • New York’s thrilling 8-7 victory over Atlanta in the first game of a doubleheader, which needed to be played to make up games postponed due to Hurricane Helene last week, sent the Mets to the playoffs.
    Sean Gregory, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of thrilling
Verb
  • As a young girl, actor and comedian Kate McKinnon loved nothing more than immersing herself in nature–finding toads, collecting bugs, and having innocent, mischievous adventures around her town.
    Mia Taylor, Parents, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Immersion cooling is being explored as a potential future technology, going one step beyond today’s liquid cooling by immersing servers in inert liquids that carry even higher levels of heat away from the system.
    Steven Woo, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of immersing
Verb
  • After a local court ratified the city council’s ban, police moved in, instructing protesters to leave and rounding up more than 100 of them.
    Reuters, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Intelligent interrogation involves instructing large language models to perform in ways that generate better outcomes—by, say, breaking processes down into steps or visualizing multiple potential paths to a solution.
    H. James Wilson Paul R. Daugherty, Harvard Business Review, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of instructing
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  • That was 84 fewer deaths than in 2022; nonfatal overdoses involving opioids other than heroin increased last year by 11 percent, from 4,328 to 4,819.
    Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 15 Nov. 2024
  • The filing details a recent acquisition agreement with Contra Costa Medical Career College, involving a purchase price of $8,000,000.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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