grasp

Examples

• All

• I have a grasp on the basics.

  Oppenheimer (2023)

• Unfortunately, the Obama administration did not appear to have a real grasp of the Middle East reality.

  Academic text (2015)

• I have a pretty good grasp on things now, but not on my personal life.

  Fiction book (1994)

• So he had a really good grasp on the basic math skills.

  The Math Sorcerer

• The U.S. intelligence community did not have a solid grasp on al Qaeda's financing.

  Academic text (2008)

• The most important thing the SATV tests is the student's grasp of these relations.

  Academic text (1999)

• Well, congratulations, you have a keen grasp of bovine anatomy.

  Tactical Force (2011)

• French doctors are understood to have no grasp of the concept, and their medicines are ineffectual.

  Academic text (1994)

• Well, I'm not fluent but I have an excellent grasp of conversational Mandarin.

  Joy Ride (2023)

• At this point, you should have a firm grasp of the French language.

Synonyms

U

understanding

vsgrasp

871 1.1

The ability to know what something means

focuses on subject knowledge rather than on who or what knows it

G

grip

vsgrasp

146 3.0

A firm understanding of a topic or control of a situation

is general knowledge without the firm, physical hold implication

C

comprehension

vsgrasp

70 3.0

Ability to understand the meaning of what you read or hear

is the general state of knowledge rather than only the capacity to see

A

apprehension

vsgrasp

6 5.5

Knowing what an idea or situation means

is broader knowledge not limited to intellectual recognition of ideas

C

cognizance

vsgrasp

3 8.6

Awareness that something exists or is happening

is deeper insight into meaning rather than simple awareness

Antonyms

C

confusion

389 1.8

A time when things are not organized and people do not know what to think or do

I

ignorance

316 3.9

Not knowing about something or how it works

Idioms

G

to grasp the nettle

• Informal

1 8.2

Face a difficult problem directly and act firmly

G

to grasp a rope of sand

• Archaic

9.9

To try to do something that cannot be done

How Well

mastery

37 4.2

grasp

73 3.6

comprehension

70 3.0

Surface Forms

Etymology