EGAVE

apprehend

About 1.40 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To be or become aware of (something); to perceive. To acknowledge the existence of (something); to recognize. To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
    Officers apprehended the suspect two streets away from the bank.
  2. verb To be or become aware of (something); to perceive.
  3. verb To acknowledge the existence of (something); to recognize.
  4. verb To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
  5. verb To have a conception of (something); to consider, to regard.
  6. verb To anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear.
  7. verb To seize or take (something); to take hold of.
  8. verb To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
    Officers apprehended the suspect two streets away from the bank.

Similar words

nab arrest pick up grasp get the picture comprehend savvy collar dig compass

Often followed by

the that it and a him them any from

Word family

apprehended apprehending apprehends

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