Dictionary Entry
apprehend
apprehend is a 9-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To take or seize; to take hold of. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 19 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To take or seize; to take hold of.
- 2transitive verb
Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal.
- 3transitive verb
To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider.
- 4transitive verb
To know or learn with certainty.
- 5transitive verb
To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.
- 6intransitive verb
To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.
- 7intransitive verb
To be apprehensive; to fear.
- 8verb
get the meaning of something
"Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
Synonyms
- 9verb
take into custody
"the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
- 10verb
anticipate with dread or anxiety
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