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APPREHEND definition: 1. to catch and arrest someone who has not obeyed the law: 2. to understand something 3. to catch…. Learn more.
- English (US)
APPREHEND meaning: 1. to catch and arrest someone who has...
- Znaczenie Apprehend, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
APPREHEND definicja: 1. to catch and arrest someone who has...
- Indonesian Translation
apprehend translate: menahan, menawan, memahami. Learn more...
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APPREHEND translate: 抓住, 逮捕;拘捕, 理解, 領會;理解;懂得. Learn more in...
- Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
APPREHEND definition: If the police apprehend someone, they...
- English (US)
To apprehend is to seize, either physically or mentally. So to apprehend a thief is to nab him. But to apprehend a confusing news story, or to apprehend a difficult concept in physics, is to understand it—that is, to "grasp" it mentally.
Apprehend definition: to take into custody; arrest by legal warrant or authority. See examples of APPREHEND used in a sentence.
1. to take into custody; arrest by legal warrant or authority: The police apprehended the burglars. 2. to grasp the meaning of; understand, esp. intuitively; perceive. 3. to expect with anxiety, suspicion, or fear; anticipate: apprehending violence. v.i.
To apprehend is to capture or arrest, as when the police try to apprehend criminals and bring them to justice. You also apprehend a concept when you understand it, grasping or capturing its meaning.
transitive verb. 1. to take into custody; arrest by legal warrant or authority. The police apprehended the burglars. 2. to grasp the meaning of; understand, esp. intuitively; perceive. 3. to expect with anxiety, suspicion, or fear; anticipate. apprehending violence.
APPREHEND definition: If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and take them away to ask them about a crime that…. Learn more.