name · noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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kăts
/kæts/
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rhymes with -æts
homophone: Cats
homophone: kats
homophone: Kats
homophone: Katz
homophone: khats
homophone: qats
homophone: qhats
CMU ARPABET:K AE1 T S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
Initialism of Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Qualifier: universities
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
Initialism of Charlotte Area Transportation System.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
plural of cat
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A credit under the CAT Scheme above.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, informal, plural, plural-normally
Qualifier: universities
Examples
We only have 45 allocated CATS for next year, so we've got to pick another 5 modules to make 120.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
third-person singular simple present indicative of cat
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract