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11apprehend — [14] The underlying notion in apprehend is of ‘seizing’ or ‘grasping’; it comes ultimately from the Latin verb prehendere ‘seize’ (source also of comprehend, predatory, and prehensile). Latin apprehendere ‘lay hold of’, formed with the prefix ad …
12apprehend — UK [ˌæprɪˈhend] / US verb [transitive] Word forms apprehend : present tense I/you/we/they apprehend he/she/it apprehends present participle apprehending past tense apprehended past participle apprehended 1) formal to arrest someone 2) very formal …
13apprehend — /æprəˈhɛnd / (say apruh hend) verb (t) 1. to take into custody; arrest by legal warrant or authority. 2. to grasp the meaning of; understand. 3. Obsolete to entertain suspicion or fear of; anticipate: I apprehend no violence. –verb (i) 4. to… …
14apprehend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. seize, arrest; grasp, see, understand, perceive. See restraint, knowledge. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To understand] Syn. perceive, comprehend, grasp; see understand 1 . 2. [To arrest] Syn. seize, place… …
15apprehend — ap|pre|hend [ ,æprı hend ] verb transitive 1. ) FORMAL to arrest someone 2. ) VERY FORMAL to understand something …
16cotton on — verb understand, usually after some initial difficulty She didn t know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on • Syn: ↑catch on, ↑get wise, ↑get onto, ↑tumble, ↑latch on, ↑twig, ↑get it …
17latch on — verb 1. take hold of or attach to The biochip latches onto the genes • Hypernyms: ↑grasp, ↑hold on • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Something s something 2. adopt …
18catch on — verb 1. understand, usually after some initial difficulty (Freq. 3) She didn t know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on • Syn: ↑get wise, ↑get onto, ↑tumble, ↑latch on, ↑cotton on, ↑twig …
19get it — verb 1. understand, usually after some initial difficulty (Freq. 4) She didn t know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on • Syn: ↑catch on, ↑get wise, ↑get onto, ↑tumble, ↑latch on, ↑cotto …
20get onto — verb understand, usually after some initial difficulty (Freq. 1) She didn t know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on • Syn: ↑catch on, ↑get wise, ↑tumble, ↑latch on, ↑cotton on, ↑twig, ↑ …
