Caterpillar is an English word with synonyms like larva or cat. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Caterpillar meaning
- The larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm.
- A vehicle with a caterpillar track; a crawler.
- A set of subtrees of a tree.
Using Caterpillar
- The main meaning on this page is: The larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm. | A vehicle with a caterpillar track; a crawler. | A set of subtrees of a tree.
- Useful related words include: larva, cat, tracked vehicle.
- In the example corpus, caterpillar often appears in combinations such as: of caterpillar, the caterpillar, caterpillar by.
Context around Caterpillar
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 8 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Caterpillar
- In this selection, "caterpillar" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, eight, jcb, monarch, 745c, cake and cakes stand out and add context to how "caterpillar" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include shares of caterpillar by 4 and a monarch caterpillar on a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "caterpillar" sits close to words such as adored, afterlife and approves, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with caterpillar
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
AdvisorNet Financial Inc Increases Position in Caterpillar Inc. (8 words)
Caterpillar a big gainer today on lower rates. (8 words)
Capital World Investors grew its holdings in Caterpillar by 51.7% during the 1st quarter. (15 words)
A 1907 illustrations by Arthur Rackham of the Caterpillar talking to Alice in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland William Blake's illustration of a caterpillar overlooking a child from his illustrated book For Children The Gates of Paradise. (38 words)
Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail stewards Merrie Eley and Barbara Kourajian set out a delightful spread of hot drinks and sweet treats on a recent winter walk at Cooper Farm at Caterpillar Hill in Sedgwick. (35 words)
Caterpillar has increased its dividend payment by an average of 6.0% annually over the last three years and has increased its dividend every year for the last 30 years. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Caterpillar 745C is truly the caterpillar of in-game trucks, waiting to fly like a butterfly through any terrain.
To find out which caterpillar cake reigns supreme, the consumer watchdog asked a panel of 75 consumers to rate eight caterpillar cakes in a blind taste test.
A 1907 illustrations by Arthur Rackham of the Caterpillar talking to Alice in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland William Blake's illustration of a caterpillar overlooking a child from his illustrated book For Children The Gates of Paradise.
AdvisorNet Financial Inc Increases Position in Caterpillar Inc.
A lot of the companies we're dealing with are the bigger companies like JCB, Caterpillar, Alstom and so on.
A Monarch caterpillar on a milkweed leaf from the book “Nature’s Best Hope: How You Can Save the World in Your Own Yard” by Douglas W. Tallamy.
Analysts believe that Caterpillar will continue to grow at the same pace as it did historically, yet the current valuation is significantly lower.
As the game develops, the Caterpillar will become a more versatile ship with its modular compartments.
Blue Hill Heritage Trust trail stewards Merrie Eley and Barbara Kourajian set out a delightful spread of hot drinks and sweet treats on a recent winter walk at Cooper Farm at Caterpillar Hill in Sedgwick.
Capital World Investors grew its holdings in Caterpillar by 51.7% during the 1st quarter.
Castle Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Caterpillar in the second quarter worth $33,000.
Caterpillar a big gainer today on lower rates.
Caterpillar has increased its dividend payment by an average of 6.0% annually over the last three years and has increased its dividend every year for the last 30 years.
Caterpillar’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.4% compared to the same quarter last year.
Caterpillar stock heads for fourth straight record close after BofA’s Feniger becomes the top Wall Street bull after rating upgrade.
CX Institutional’s holdings in Caterpillar were worth $676,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Finally, FMR LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Caterpillar by 22.1% during the 1st quarter.
Finally, Moisand Fitzgerald Tamayo LLC increased its stake in shares of Caterpillar by 44.7% during the fourth quarter.
Finally, NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Caterpillar by 4.4% in the 1st quarter.
Finally, Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Caterpillar by 4.0% during the second quarter.
Common combinations with caterpillar
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of caterpillar 36×
- the caterpillar 28×
- caterpillar by 26×
- in caterpillar 25×
- caterpillar in 16×
- caterpillar inc 14×
- and caterpillar 13×
- hungry caterpillar 9×
- caterpillar and 8×
- that caterpillar 6×