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ap·pre·hend
(ăp′rĭ-hĕnd′)v. ap·pre·hend·ed, ap·pre·hend·ing, ap·pre·hends
v.tr.
1. To take into custody; arrest: apprehended the murderer.
2. To grasp mentally; understand: "Science is the systematic method by which we apprehend what is true about the real world in which we live" (Richard Dawkins). See Synonyms at understand.
3. To become conscious of, as through the emotions or senses; perceive: "She began to look with her own eyes; to see and to apprehend the deeper undercurrents of life" (Kate Chopin).
4. Archaic To anticipate with worry or dread.
v.intr.
To understand something.
[Middle English apprehenden, from Old French apprehender, from Latin apprehendere, to seize : ad-, ad- + prehendere, to grasp; see ghend- in Indo-European roots.]
ap′pre·hend′er n.
apprehend
(ˌæprɪˈhɛnd)vb
1. (Law) (tr) to arrest and escort into custody; seize
2. to perceive or grasp mentally; understand
3. (tr) to await with fear or anxiety; dread
[C14: from Latin apprehendere to lay hold of]
ap•pre•hend
(ˌæp rɪˈhɛnd)v.t.
1. to take into custody; arrest by legal warrant or authority: The police apprehended the burglars.
2. to grasp the meaning of; understand, esp. intuitively; perceive.
3. to expect with anxiety, suspicion, or fear; anticipate: apprehending violence.
v.i. 4. to understand: To apprehend was to forgive.
5. to be apprehensive, suspicious, or fearful; fear.
[1350–1400; < Latin apprehendere to grasp = ap-1 + prehendere to seize]
ap`pre•hend′er, n.
apprehend
Past participle: apprehended
Gerund: apprehending
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Verb | 1. | ![]() understand - know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means" figure - understand; "He didn't figure her" catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, get wise, twig, latch on, tumble - understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on" intuit - know or grasp by intuition or feeling digest - arrange and integrate in the mind; "I cannot digest all this information" |
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apprehend
verb
1. arrest, catch, lift (slang), nick (slang, chiefly Brit.), capture, seize, run in (slang), take, nail (informal), bust (informal), collar (informal), pinch (informal), nab (informal), take prisoner, feel your collar (slang) Police have not apprehended her killer.
arrest free, release, discharge, liberate, let go
arrest free, release, discharge, liberate, let go
2. understand, know, think, believe, imagine, realize, recognize, appreciate, perceive, grasp, conceive, comprehend, get the message, get the picture Only now can I begin to apprehend the power of these forces.
understand miss, misunderstand, be unaware of, be unconscious of, be at cross-purposes, misapprehend, misconceive, get your lines crossed
understand miss, misunderstand, be unaware of, be unconscious of, be at cross-purposes, misapprehend, misconceive, get your lines crossed
apprehend
verb1. To take into custody as a prisoner:
2. To perceive directly with the intellect:
Scots: ken.
3. To perceive and recognize the meaning of:
accept, catch (on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, get, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take, take in, understand.
Informal: savvy.
Slang: dig.
Chiefly British: twig.
Scots: ken.
Idioms: get a handle on, get the picture.
4. To be intuitively aware of:
Idioms: feel in one's bones, get vibrations.
Translations
يَعْتَقِل، يُلْقي القَبْض عَلىيَفْهَم
chápatporozumětzatknout
anholdearrestereforståpågribe
skiljataka til fanga
areštuotibūgštavimasnerimaujantissu nerimusulaikyti
aizturētapjēgtarestētsaprast
apprehend
[ˌæprɪˈhɛnd] vt [+ suspect, criminal, offender, murderer, culprit] → appréhender, arrêter
(= understand) [+ fact, power] → comprendre, saisir
(= fear) → appréhender
apprehend
apprehend
(apriˈhend) verb1. to arrest. The police apprehended the thief.
2. to understand.
ˌappreˈhension (-ʃən) noun1. fear.
2. understanding.
ˌappreˈhensive (-siv) adjective anxious; worried. an apprehensive expression.
ˌappreˈhensively adverbˌappreˈhensiveness noun