Standard Lemma guide

cats

name · noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • kăts
  • /kæts/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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

Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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