C2verb · transitive · rare

apprehend

ap·pre·hend

apprehend · apprehends · apprehended · apprehending

затримати, заарештувати, затримувати, арештувати

понять, понимать, бояться, задержать

verstehen, begreifen, festnehmen

To be or become aware ofTo be or become aware of (something); to perceive.

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/ˌæpɹɪˈhɛnd/

» The criminals have all been apprehended.

Meaning

13 senses

(transitive)To be or become aware of (something); to perceive.
(transitive)To acknowledge the existence of (something); to recognize.
(transitive)To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
begreifen, verstehen
понима́тьponimátʹ, поня́тьponjátʹ
(transitive)To have a conception of (something); to consider, to regard.
(transitive)To anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear.
опаса́тьсяopasátʹsja, боя́тьсяbojátʹsja
anticipate with dread or anxiety
(transitive)To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
Officers apprehended the suspect two streets away from the bank.
festnehmen
аресто́выватьarestóvyvatʹ, арестова́тьarestovátʹ, заде́рживатьzadérživatʹ
арешто́вуватиareštóvuvaty, заарешто́вуватиzaareštóvuvaty, арештува́тиareštuváty
(intransitive, transitive)To be of opinion, believe, or think; to suppose.
(intransitive, transitive)To understand.
(intransitive, transitive)To be apprehensive; to fear.
(also, archaic, figuratively, obsolete, transitive)To seize or take (something); to take hold of.
fangen
хвата́тьxvatátʹ, схвати́тьsxvatítʹ, заде́рживатьzadérživatʹ
take into custody
(obsolete, transitive)To feel (something) emotionally.
(obsolete, transitive)To learn (something).

Examples

35 sentences

The criminals have all been apprehended.
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The police expect to apprehend the robber before nightfall.
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Tom has been apprehended.
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The arsonist was never apprehended.
ruПоджигатель так и не был задержан.
deDer Brandstifter wurde nie festgenommen.
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The robber was never apprehended.
ruГрабитель так и не был задержан.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest, detain:

Русский

By meaning 4

to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand, comprehend, perceive:

to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear — see also dread, fear:

to seize or take (something); to take hold of:

to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest, detain:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

to take hold of (something) with the understanding — see also understand, comprehend, perceive:

to seize or take (something); to take hold of:

to seize or take (a person) by legal process — see also arrest, detain:

Origin

From Late Middle English apprehenden (“to grasp, take hold of; to comprehend; to learn”),

From Late Middle English apprehenden (“to grasp, take hold of; to comprehend; to learn”), from Old French apprehender (modern French appréhender (“to apprehend; to catch; to dread”)), from Latin apprehendere, adprehendere, the present active infinitive of apprehendō, adprehendō (“to grab, grasp, seize, take; to apprehend, arrest; to comprehend, understand; to embrace, include; to take possession of, obtain, secure”), from ap-, ad- (prefix meaning ‘to’) + prehendō (“to grab, grasp, seize, snatch, take; to accost; to catch in the act, take by surprise; (figuratively, rare) of the mind: to apprehend, comprehend, grasp”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to hold, seize, take; to find”)).

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