vverb.cognitionget the meaning of somethingSynset:apprehend compass comprehend dig get the picture grasp grok savvy
Examples:- Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?
Derivationally Related Form:apprehensibleapprehensionsavvygraspingcomprehensioncomprehendiblecomprehensiblegraspapprehenderapprehensive
Hypernyms:understand
Inherited Hypernyms:grokunderstand
Direct Hyponyms:catch oncotton ondigestfigureget itget ontoget wiseintuitlatch ontumbletwig
Full Troponyms:catch ondigestfigureintuit
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | Somebody ---s (apply to: get the picture) | They won't --- the story (apply to: grasp) | Sam and Sue --- the movie (apply to: grasp)
vverb.contacttake into custodySynset:apprehend arrest collar cop nab nail pick up
Examples:- the police nabbed the suspected criminals
Derivationally Related Form:apprehensionarrestapprehendercollarpickupcop
Hypernyms:clutch prehend seize
Inherited Hypernyms:collarseizetake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.emotionanticipate with dread or anxietySynset:apprehend quail at
Derivationally Related Form:apprehensionapprehenderapprehensive
Hypernyms:anticipate look for look to
Inherited Hypernyms:apprehendanticipateexpect
Entailment:dread fear
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adj satadj.allfully understood or graspedSynset:appreciated comprehended
Examples:- dangers not yet appreciated
- these apprehended truths
- a thing comprehended is a thing known as fully as it can be known
Antonyms:ununderstood
Inherited Hypernyms:appreciated
Similar to:understood