to apprehend
9
4.3
- verb
- /ˌæprɪˈhɛnd/
- Formal
:
comprender
- Students grow in their ability to apprehend their world when they learn the arts.
- fully apprehend
- apprehend the meaning
- apprehend reality
And the right hemisphere not to apprehend but to comprehend the world.
- And the right hemisphere not to apprehend but to comprehend the world.
- So it depends on many factors that are so difficult to apprehend.
- And he says, well, the sense appetite responds to things that it, it apprehends through the senses, right?
- You apprehend the value through making comparisons.
- That is the the way that we think about places and how the way we think about places then has to do with how we apprehend what happens in the world.
- You need to alter your perceptions of the world so that you come to apprehend things in such a way that they don't influence you harmfully.
- If you look at it that way, we're just apprehending an eye like there's a me to whom all of this applies.
Examples
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- I failed to apprehend the connection between gambling and your theory.
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In order to solve the problem, it is crucial to apprehend the underlying principles behind the theory.
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How can we apprehend this through faith?
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Well, the challenge is how difficult it sometimes is to, to apprehend an image, to pull it in.
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Some make use of computational processes that are too complex for the human mind to easily apprehend and understand.
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Anna privileges faith, an internal, affective register, over empirical science as a way to apprehend the world.
Academic text (2012) -
We believed you'd quickly apprehend him and we'd sort the issue out internally.
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[Mr. Moustafa] The details of the conspiracy, now a matter of public record, were, at that time, impossible for us to apprehend.
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Yet, one significant aspect of mathematical intuition is the ability to apprehend and even visualize this realm.
Academic text (1995) -
You need to alter your perceptions of the world so that you come to apprehend things in such a way that they don't influence you harmfully.
Synonyms
∞
1.4
To understand what someone says or an idea
∞
1.0
To understand what something means
∞
1.0
To know the meaning of something
∞
1.1
To suddenly understand something you did not know before
∞
2.2
To think about something and find an answer or understand it
∞
1.8
To look at signs or actions and understand what they mean
902
3.4
To understand how important something is
877
1.1
To understand something after someone explains it
705
1.4
To be fully aware that something is true or happening
629
4.2
To notice something by feeling or by using a tool
386
3.3
To explain what something means
369
3.0
To become aware of something in your mind and understand it
328
8.6
To understand or enjoy something
146
4.1
To understand something difficult clearly
142
3.9
To notice something that is not obvious
137
2.7
To understand the meaning of something
57
6.1
To understand something after much thought
45
8.1
To understand words, actions, or events in a particular way
37
3.9
To begin to understand something after a while
37
3.2
Understand new information or ideas
37
3.2
To understand what someone is saying or what is happening
25
7.8
Start to understand what is happening or what to do
7
7.0
To understand someone tricked you and become more careful
4
4.5
To understand the main idea without knowing every detail
3
9.9
To understand something deeply and naturally
1
7.2
To understand something in a casual way
1
3.9
To know exactly what you must do for a task
1
9.6
To notice and understand something in your mind
1
7.5
To understand how serious or important something is
To think about your own or other people's thoughts and feelings
Antonyms
How Well
Surface Forms
Morphology
apprehend = ap + prehend
The sense 'to understand' aligns with the ancestral meaning 'to grasp' (compare comprehend), so learners familiar with related words may infer it, but the root 'prehend' is not a standalone modern English word, reducing full transparency.
Etymology
The word apprehend comes from the Latin apprehendere, from ad- 'to' and prehendere 'to grasp', the same root seen in comprehend. So, to apprehend an idea is to 'grab' or understand it clearly in your mind.