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apprehend apprehend definition: The definition of apprehend is to take someone into police custody. (verb) When the police pick up someone matching a description of a suspected criminal, that is an example of apprehend. ...
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- Full Definition of APPREHENSIVE. 1. : capable of understanding or quick to do so: discerning. 2. : having awareness or knowledge of something: cognizant. 3. : viewing the future with anxiety or alarm. — ap·pre·hen·sive·ly adverb. — ap·pre·hen·sive·ness noun. See apprehensive defined for English-language learners.
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- ‘He was apprehended because of what police are calling community policing.’. ‘Eventually, news reached the Captain, who dispatched a gunnery sergeant and a squad of Marines with non-defective handcuffs to apprehend her.’. ‘That is the period between the fire and when he was apprehended.’. arrest, catch, capture, seize.
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apprehend apprehend To apprehend is to capture or arrest, as when the police try to apprehend criminals and bring them to justice. You also apprehend a concept when you understand it, grasping or capturing its meaning. The verb apprehend has remained much the same since the original Latin, both in form and meaning. It comes from apprehendere to grasp or seize. The word came to refer to learning — grasping or seizing with the mind — but then came to mean seize in the name of the law or arrest around the 1540s, a meaning that remains to this day.
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overlook Overlook definition, to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word. See more.
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- Apprehended Violence Orders ( AVOs ) are court orders designed to protect people from. violence and harassment by others. A court will usually make an AVO if the applicant. has reasonable grounds to fear violence, stalking or harassment from the respondent. An AVO sets out conditions to restrict a person’s behaviour.
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appreciate , recognize, understand - The use of appreciate should involve valuing something or understanding it sympathetically; when there is no value or sympathy, use recognize or understand; appreciate first meant set at a price; appraised..
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- transitive verb. 1a : to perceive by the senses (see 1sense 2)b : to be or become conscious of sense danger. 2 : grasp, comprehend. 3 : to detect automatically especially in response to a physical stimulus (such as light or movement)
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remember Remember, recall, recollect refer to bringing back before the conscious mind things which exist in the memory. Remember implies that a thing exists in the memory, though not actually present in the thoughts at the moment: to remember the days of one's childhood. Recall implies a voluntary effort, though not a great one: to recall the words of a song.
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aware Definition of aware for English Language Learners. : 1  knowing that something (such as a situation, condition, or problem) exists. : 2  feeling, experiencing, or noticing something (such as a sound, sensation, or emotion) : 3  knowing and understanding a lot about what is happening in the world or around you.
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- Definition of avert. 1  transitive verb. 2  1 : to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance I found the sight so grotesque that I had to avert my eyes … — John Gregory Dunne. 3  2 : to see coming and ward off : avoid avert disaster.
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- Although he did not comprehend it, he apprehended it no less poignantly than do men who know and generalize far more deeply and widely than mere four-legged dogs. Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context.
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apprehend To grasp mentally; understand: Science is the systematic method by which we apprehend what is true about the real world in which we live (Richard Dawkins). See Synonyms at understand. 3.
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apprehension apprehension. n. 1. fear or anxiety over what may happen. 2. (Law) the act of capturing or arresting. 3. the faculty of comprehending; understanding.
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Definitions &Translations to obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character, or identity of, by means of the senses; to see, hear, or feel; as, to perceive a distant ship; to perceive a discord. Perceive (verb).
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Mark and recapture Marked Chittenango ovate amber snail. Mark and recapture is a method commonly used in ecology to estimate an animal population's size. A portion of the population is captured, marked, and released. Later, another portion is captured and the number of marked individuals within the sample is counted.
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- +0. Please use capital letters to start a sentence and a period/full stop to end it. “Your presence is highly appreciated.”. “Appreciated” means enjoyed; whereas appreciable means ‘measurable’ or ‘significant’.
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- Definition of apprehend - arrest (someone) for a crime, understand or perceive Definition of apprehend - arrest (someone) for a crime, understand or perceive dictionary
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- ‘Research has shown that a policeman plodding the streets is likely to apprehend someone committing a crime only once every 8 years.’ ‘He was apprehended because of what police are calling community policing.’ ‘North Yorkshire Police said he was apprehended in the city on that date.’
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Highest temperature recorded on Earth A ground temperature of 84 °C (183.2 °F) has been recorded in Port Sudan, Sudan. A ground temperature of 93.9 °C (201 °F) was recorded in Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California, United States on 15 July 1972; this may be the highest natural ground surface temperature ever recorded.
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apprehend apprehends; apprehended; apprehending. Learner's definition of APPREHEND. [+ object] formal. 1. of police : to arrest (someone) for a crime : to catch (a criminal or suspect) Within hours, police had apprehended the thief.
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- possess verb [T] (CONTROL). › (of a ​wish or an ​idea) to take ​control over a person's ​mind, making that ​person ​behave in a very ​strange way: [+ to infinitive] Whatever possessed him to ​wear that ​appalling ​jacket! (Definition of possess from the Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press).
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- agitate verb (MAKE NERVOUS). › [T] to make someone ​become ​nervous because of ​worry or ​fear that is ​difficult to ​control: Any ​mention of his ​son agitated him. agitation noun [U] us /ˌaedʒ·ˌædʒ·ɪˈteɪ/ › ʃən ​he ​arrived home in ​a state of. agitation
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appreciate verb (used with object), appreciated, appreciating. 1. to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness. 2. to value or regard highly; place a high estimate on: to appreciate good wine. 3. to be fully conscious of; be aware of; detect: to appreciate the dangers of a situation.
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- Both of the words in that phrase are replaceable with others, depending on the context: Painfully aware is one use, denoting an unpleasant awareness of a reality/fact. Acutely aware is another (like Gary's Student has posited). Fully cognizant could be used in the same vein, replacing aware with the word cognizant.
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apprise 1 verb (used with object), apprised, apprising. 1. to give notice to; inform; advise (often followed by of): to be apprised of the death of an old friend. Origin of apprise1.