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cata-

  1. a prefix meaning “down,” “against,” “back,” occurring originally in loanwords from Greek ( cataclysm; catalog; catalepsy ); on this model, used in the formation of other compound words ( catagenesis; cataphyll ).


cata-

prefix

  1. down; downwards; lower in position

    catadromous

    cataphyll

  2. indicating reversal, opposition, degeneration, etc

    cataplasia

    catatonia

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cata-1

< Greek kata-, combining form of katá down, through, against, according to, towards, during
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cata-1

from Greek kata-, from kata. In compound words borrowed from Greek, kata- means: down ( catabolism ), away, off ( catalectic ), against ( category ), according to ( catholic ), and thoroughly ( catalogue )
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Example Sentences

He won't stan' it, and he's a class of custom that you want to cata to when it comes in your way.

As I shut the door, she leaned to me and whispered: Tell her for me shes a cata cruel cat.

One of these was found out at the trial to be La Cata himself.

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