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grasp English

Meaning grasp meaning

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grasp Verb

— If you grasp something, you hold it tightly in a hand or hands. I had to grasp the ball because I was stressed. — If you grasp something, you understand it for the first time. She tried to explain it simply, but I just couldn't grasp it.

grasp

— verb hold firmly — verb (= comprehend) get the meaning of something Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter? — noun understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something he has a good grasp of accounting practices — noun (= grip) an intellectual hold or understanding a good grip on French history they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities he was in the grip of a powerful emotion a terrible power had her in its grasp — noun (= compass) the limit of capability within the compass of education — noun (= clasp, grip, hold) the act of grasping he released his clasp on my arm he has a strong grip for an old man she kept a firm hold on the railing

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hold seize grip grab catch clutch understand snatch comprehend clasp take take hold of apprehend understanding squeeze perceive compass clench arrest press grapple embrace comprehension capture savvy reach hold tight get touch hold on to hold on hold in arm gripe dig clutches catch hold of take hold support seizure realise nab master grok clamp appreciation uphold take in stand upright snap sense

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Simple sentences

Pepperberg hoped that a similar system would help Alex grasp the meaning of words, not just their sounds.
Sometimes I can't really grasp the meaning of a word.
I never know what to say to people who have absolutely no grasp of the basic facts and are too ignorant to realise it.
I feel that Tatoeba has become a very warm and cozy place for us language lovers; especially for all those of us who can grasp and learn languages relatively easily and quickly.
Before they grasp what is happening to them, the police will arrest them.
I hope this will make it easier to get a grasp of the meaning and to memorize the newly learnt words.
Tom has a good grasp of grammar, but is weak in spelling.
The problem is beyond my grasp.
We couldn't grasp the meaning of what he was trying to say.
He doesn't fully grasp what young people are saying.

Movie subtitles

You grasp the implications, Constable.
I now grasp the phenomenon, Mr Turner, how you haven't been whiling away in prison all this time -!
And she was saved from the very grasp of Kong by her future husband.
Not that it's easy to grasp.
No sooner had he entered the death chamber than he tore himself from the guards' grasp flung himself on the floor, screaming for mercy.
I must convince you of the magic of this moment, let's grasp it and rebel against humdrum life.
I just cannot grasp it.
I have only to grasp it!
Alexei could not grasp its aim or causes.
Might be hard to grasp that the first lady is a witch. - I don't care about them.
You grasp the task very quickly, Blore!
But you're just a tradesman and certain things are beyond your grasp.
Caught in the grasp of a bad woman.
Father Tom, I'd hate for to let the bird slip out of me grasp.
What it means is that there's information which is beyond even our grasp, reaching as high as clearance level eight.
She has lived through an experience no other woman ever dreamed of. And she was saved from the very grasp of Kong by her future husband.
No sooner had he entered the death chamber.. thanhetorehimself from the guards' grasp.. flunghimselfon thefloor, screaming for mercy.
Might be hard to grasp that the first lady is a witch.
That's her grasp on him.
Really has a remarkable grasp of crystallography.
I believe he has an agile mind, the ability to grasp.
I was unaware of many things I'm only starting to grasp.
But I was in the unique position of having a fortune literally within my grasp.
You never grasp what I mean.
He simply cannot grasp the significance of all this.
Note how the mandibles are used to grasp the pebble and pull it aside with only a slight assist from another ant.
When a search disclosed no wreckage or other survivors we knew he'd slipped from our grasp.
I am pleased to report that owing to my tireless efforts. The highest honors that can be bestowed on a teacher are now within your grasp.
If I touch a flower, it dies in my grasp.
I don't grasp it.
That it was within my grasp, and I let it get away.
But he's within my grasp.
Lieutenant, it should not be too difficult to grasp the situation.
I don't grasp this essential difference you speak of.
I've discovered and understood so many new things, and I grasp each one desperately, so as not to remember.
Oh, we grasp at any straw to get out of Washington for 24 hours.
We're so delighted with your grasp of the company's problems. that we'd like you to be more closely associated with us.
And then pretty soon, they just became so impressed. with my intelligent grasp of the company's business. and by the questions that I asked, that they offered me a job.

News and current affairs

It is also difficult to grasp why China is so reluctant to reduce its bilateral surplus, given meager returns on its massive holdings of US government securities and a sustained risk of large capital losses in the future.
Fortunately Russia now seems to grasp the value of this political aspect of NATO-enlargement.
To call these people's ostentatious displays of extravagance wasteful is to miss the point: a world of glittering dreams that must remain entirely beyond our grasp is precisely what many people want to see.
America is handing off the leadership baton - even if no other country or group of countries is willing or able to grasp it.
So the schizophrenic American economy is a sign that the world is entering an economic era of truly wonderful things - if only we properly, and patiently, grasp them.
It seemed to many as though government's reach had come to exceed its grasp, and that either its grasp had to be strengthened or its reach had to be reduced.
For conservative rulers usually fall when they fail to grasp their own vulnerability, especially when the revolutionary challenge is cloaked in conservative garb.
Prosperity and liberty will be the victims, unless those who grasp the opportunities of the new world prevail.
And this is not to mention emerging market politicians' failure to grasp that unilaterally reducing their excessive import restrictions would be a good idea even if rich countries sat on their hands.
The fact that North Korea's close neighbors seem unable to grasp this seems to confirm that Asian disunity is not just stupid, but chronic and willful.
The European Union, as I grasp it, is primarily a process, leading from worse to better; a process with only one end - the continuous development of European prosperity and peace.
The idea that economic growth is determined by a battle for global market share in manufactured goods is easy for politicians to grasp and to communicate to their electorates.
It is past time for Europe's leaders to grasp the reality of the situation.
Once again, African readers are being shortchanged, remaining dependent on foreign reportage in order to grasp the enormity of what is transpiring.
Similar studies on human behavior and psychology, where causation is more complex, remain beyond our grasp.
SDRs are highly complicated and difficult to grasp, but they boil down to the international creation of money.
Indeed, Chinese policymakers seem unable to grasp the importance of crafting appropriate incentives and disincentives.
As the Beijing Olympics approach, what the Chinese seem to want most - that the Games herald China's return as a leader among nations - appears close to slipping from their grasp.
The new age of the electric vehicle exemplifies the powerful opportunities that we can grasp as we make our way from the unsustainable fossil-fuel age to a new age of sustainable technologies.

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