apprehend

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verb

1. get the meaning of something (Freq. 2)
- Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?
• Syn:
grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig,
grasp, compass
• Derivationally related forms:
apprehensible, apprehensive, apprehension, apprehender, grasp (for: grasp), grasping (for: grasp), savvy (for: savvy), comprehensible (for: comprehend), comprehendible (for: comprehend), comprehension (for: comprehend)
• Hypernyms:
understand
• Hyponyms:
figure, catch on, get wise, get onto, tumble,
latch on, cotton on, twig, get it, intuit, digest
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- Somebody ----s (for: get the picture)
2. take into custody (Freq. 1)
- the police nabbed the suspected criminals
• Syn:
collar, nail, arrest, pick up, nab, cop
• Derivationally related forms:
cop (for: cop), pickup (for: pick up), arrest (for: arrest), apprehension, apprehender, collar (for: collar)
• Hypernyms:
seize, prehend, clutch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. anticipate with dread or anxiety
• Syn:
quail at
• Derivationally related forms:
apprehensive, apprehension, apprehender
• Hypernyms:
anticipate, look for, look to
• Entailment:
fear, dread
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  quail at, collar, nail, arrest, pick up, nab, cop, grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass