Verb: apprehend ,ap-ri'hend
- Get the meaning of something
"The students quickly apprehended the concept";
- grok [N. Amer, informal], get the picture [informal], comprehend, savvy, dig [informal], grasp, compass
- Take into custody
"the police apprehended the suspected criminals";
- collar [informal], nail [informal], arrest, pick up, nab [informal], cop [informal], pinch [Brit, informal], nick [Brit, informal]
- Anticipate with dread or anxiety
"She apprehended the results of her medical test";
- quail at
Derived forms: apprehended, apprehends, apprehending
Type of: anticipate, clutch, look for, look to, prehend [archaic], seize, take hold, take hold of, understand
Encyclopedia: Apprehend