grok
To understand intuitively, to know without having to think intellectuallyTo understand (something) intuitively, to know (something) without having to think intellectually.
» It's difficult to grok at first.
Meaning
2 senses(slang, transitive)To understand (something) intuitively, to know (something) without having to think intellectually.
schnallen, kapieren, raffen
гро́катьgrókatʹ, гро́кнутьgróknutʹ, въезжатьvʺjezžatʹ
(slang, transitive)To fully and completely understand something in all of its details and intricacies.
I finally grok Perl.
I find it exceedingly doubtful that any person groks quantum mechanics.
begreifen, verstehen
гро́катьgrókatʹ, гро́кнутьgróknutʹ, шаритьšaritʹ
- get the meaning of something
Examples
3 sentencesIt's difficult to grok at first.
Grok is for pedos.
She is one of the premiere legal minds currently trying to grok the intersection between surveillance, privacy, and public policy.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
Coined ex nihilo by American author and engineer Robert A. Heinlein in 1961 in his novel SCoined ex nihilo by American author and engineer Robert A. Heinlein in 1961 in his novel Stranger in a Strange Land. Heinlein invented the word for his fictitious Martian language. It is described as meaning "to drink" and, figuratively, "to drink in all available aspects of reality", "to become one with the observed".
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Forms
groks, grokking, grokked, grokkedSynonyms
7 synonyms- get the meaning of something:get the picturecomprehendsavvydiggraspcompassapprehend
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle