apprehend
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
get the meaning of something
Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?
Types & categories
- understand hypernym
- figure hyponym
- catch on hyponym
- intuit hyponym
- digest hyponym
Related & opposite
- discernment derivation
- comprehension derivation
- appreciation derivation
- grasping derivation
- apprehender derivation
- comprehensible derivation
- apprehensible derivation
- apprehensive derivation
Sense 2 verb
take into custody
the police nabbed the suspected criminals
Types & categories
- clutch hypernym
Related & opposite
- arrest derivation
- pickup derivation
- apprehender derivation
- cop derivation
Sense 3 verb
anticipate with dread or anxiety
Types & categories
- look to hypernym
Related & opposite
- misgiving derivation
- apprehension derivation
- apprehender derivation
- apprehensive derivation
- apprehensive derivation
- dread entails
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | discernment |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | comprehension |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | appreciation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | grasping |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprehender |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | comprehensible |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprehensible |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprehensive |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | understand |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | figure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | catch on |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | intuit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | digest |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | arrest |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pickup |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprehender |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cop |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | clutch |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | misgiving |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprehension |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprehender |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprehensive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprehensive |
| 3 | entails | Related & opposite | dread |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | look to |