| VERB | cognition | apprehend, grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass | get the meaning / meaning of something |
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| contact | apprehend, collar, nail, arrest, pick up, nab, cop | take into custody | |
| emotion | apprehend, quail at | anticipate with dread or anxiety |
| Sounds | ae.prihhheh'nd | |
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| Rhymes | amend ... wend: 48 rhymes with ehnd... | |
| Meaning | Get the meaning / meaning of something. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonyms | grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass | |
| Narrower | catch on, get wise, get onto, tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get it | understand, usually after some initial difficulty |
| digest | Arrange and integrate in the mind | |
| figure | understand | |
| intuit | know or grasp by intuition or feeling | |
| Broader | understand | know and comprehend the nature or meaning / meaning of |
| Spanish | aferrar, aprehender, captar, comprender, entender | |
| Catalan | aferrar, comprendre, entendre | |
| Adjectives | apprehensible | capable of being apprehended or understood |
| apprehensive | quick to understand | |
| Nouns | apprehender | a person who knows or apprehends / apprehends |
| apprehension | the cognitive condition / condition of someone who understands | |
| Meaning | Take into custody. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | collar, nail, arrest, pick up, nab, cop | |
| Broader | seize, prehend, clutch | take hold of |
| Spanish | aprehender, apresar, arrestar, atrapar, capturar, clavar, coger, detener, pillar, prender | |
| Catalan | agafar, arrestar, capturar, detenir | |
| Nouns | apprehender | a person who seizes or arrests (especially a person who seizes or arrests in the name of justice) |
| apprehension | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) | |
| Meaning | anticipate with dread or anxiety. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | quail at | |
| Entails | fear, dread | Be afraid or scared of |
| Broader | anticipate, look for, look to | Be excited or anxious about |
| Spanish | apocarse, tener aprensión | |
| Adjectives | apprehensive | in fear or dread of possible evil or harm |
| apprehensive | mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc | |
| Nouns | apprehender | a person who knows or apprehends / apprehends |
| apprehension | painful expectation | |
| apprehension | fearful expectation or anticipation | |
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