catchment

[ kach-muhnt ]

noun

1. the act of catching catch water.
2. something for catching catch water, as a reservoir or basin.
3. the water that is caught catch in such a catchment.

catchment

/ ˈkætʃmənt /

noun

1. the act of catching or collecting water
2. a structure in which water is collected
3. the water so collected
4. the intake of a school from one catchment area

Word History and Origins

Origin of catchment¹

First recorded in 1840–50; catch + -ment

Example Sentences

"There's been a lot of redevelopment within our immediate catchment area over the last few years and we've seen an abundance of student accommodation around us," says James Broughton, head of marketing and communications at the Merrion Centre.

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The city’s most in-demand state schools are in catchment areas with significant numbers of children who attend private schools.

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The Indian external affairs ministry was forced to issue a statement denying this, explaining that the floods had been caused by heavy rains in the catchment areas of the Gumti river.

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Dr Girling qualified as a doctor in 2017 and in March 2022 was employed as a locum doctor in the emergency department at Belford Hospital - a general hospital within the NHS Highland catchment.

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A new mum has been unable to register her baby daughter at her local GP surgery after changes to its catchment boundary.

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