apprehend
Meaning of apprehend
verb
- To take or seize; to take hold of.
- To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider.
- To anticipate; especially, to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.
- To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.
- To be apprehensive; to fear.
Information about apprehend
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of apprehend is: apprehends.
- Languages in which apprehend is used:
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Hyphenation of apprehend
ap-pre-hend
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- apprehend is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
apprehend synonyms
Meaning grok:
grok, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass
Meaning collar:
collar, nail, arrest, nab, cop
Meaning :
believe, capture, catch, conceive, detain, dread, fear, imagine, seize, understand
Translation of apprehend
- French: arrêter, appréhender, attraper, saisir, capturer, comprendre
- German: festnehmen, verhaften, verstehen, kapieren, begreifen, erfassen, raffen, checken, schnallen
- Spanish: capturar, detener, arrestar, apresar, aprehender, entender, comprender
- Italian: arrestare, detenere, capire, comprendere, cogliere
- Portuguese: prender
Words that rhyme with apprehend
hend, subtrahend, coapprehend, comprehend, deprehend, misapprehend, miscomprehend, preapprehend, precomprehend, prehend, reapprehend, recomprehend, reprehend, uncomprehend, afterhend, Townshend, shend, yshend
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