fetch

B2 · Upper Intermediate

v. to be sold for a particular amount of money.

v. to obtain as a price or equivalent in a commercial transaction.

“The old painting is expected to fetch a high price at the auction.”

“Despite the minor scratches on the casing, the vintage camera fetched nearly double its estimated value at the weekend trade show.”

A2 · Elementary Uncountable noun

n. a game where you throw a ball or stick and a dog brings it back to you.

n. a game of retrieval played between a human and a dog.

“We spent the whole afternoon playing fetch with the golden retriever in the park.”

“The dog never seemed to tire of fetch, returning the saliva-covered tennis ball with wagging enthusiasm every time it was hurled across the lawn.”

C2 · Proficiency Countable noun Literary · Dialect

n. a ghost or spirit that looks exactly like a living person.

n. the apparition or double of a living person, traditionally interpreted as an omen of their approaching death.

“In the old story, the man saw his own fetch standing by the well.”

“The protagonist was haunted by the sight of his own fetch, a spectral double that appeared in the mist as a harbinger of his inevitable demise.”

C1 · Advanced Uncountable noun Science Technical

n. the distance that wind blows over open water without hitting anything.

n. the length of the area over which a given wind has blown without obstruction to generate waves.

“The large fetch of the Atlantic Ocean allows for very big waves.”

“Oceanographers calculated that the significant wave height was a direct result of the extensive fetch across the Pacific during the storm.”