grasp
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Originally "to feel around", possibly metathesis of Old English græpsan (“to touch, feel”), from Proto-Germanic *graipisōną.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
grasp (third-person singular simple present grasps, present participle grasping, simple past and past participle grasped)
- To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
- To understand.
- I have never been able to grasp the concept of infinity.
- To take advantage of something, to seize, to jump at a chance.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to grip
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to understand
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Noun[edit]
grasp (plural grasps)
- Grip.
- 1914, Louis Joseph Vance, Nobody, chapter III:
- Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
- 1914, Louis Joseph Vance, Nobody, chapter III:
- Understanding.
- That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability.
- The goal is within my grasp.
Translations[edit]
grip
understanding
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that which is accessible
