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grasped

grasp
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [grasp, grahsp]
    • /græsp, grɑsp/
    • /ɡrɑːsp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [grasp, grahsp]
    • /græsp, grɑsp/

Definitions of grasped word

  • verb with object grasped to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms. 1
  • verb with object grasped to seize upon; hold firmly. 1
  • verb with object grasped to get hold of mentally; comprehend; understand: I don't grasp your meaning. 1
  • verb without object grasped to make an attempt to seize, or a motion of seizing, something (usually followed by at or for): a drowning man grasping at straws; to grasp for an enemy's rifle. 1
  • noun grasped the act of grasping or gripping, as with the hands or arms: to make a grasp at something. 1
  • noun grasped a hold or grip: to have a firm grasp of a rope. 1
See all 12 definitions of grasped

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Origin of grasped

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English graspen, grapsen; cognate with Low German grapsen; akin to Old English gegræppian to seize (see grapple)

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Parts of speech for Grasped

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Grasped

grasped popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 59% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

grasped usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for grasped

general grasped

  • realised — to grasp or understand clearly.
  • realized — to grasp or understand clearly.

adjective grasped

  • held — simple past tense and a past participle of hold1 .
  • perceived — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
All 4 Synonyms of grasped

Antonyms for grasped

noun grasped

  • released — to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; let go: to release a prisoner; to release someone from a debt.

verb grasped

  • failed — unsuccessful; failed: a totally fail policy.
  • freed — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
  • gave — simple past tense of give.
  • lost — no longer possessed or retained: lost friends.
  • misunderstood — improperly understood or interpreted.
All 16 Antonyms of grasped

Top questions with grasped

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Related words

  • handle

    a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.

  • apprehensible

    capable of being comprehended or grasped mentally

  • double take

    a rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance had not been completely grasped at first: His friends did a double take when they saw how much weight he had lost.

  • dramatic irony

    irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.

  • prehensible

    able to be seized or grasped.

  • school of mind

    (in Chinese philosophy) a Neo-Confucian school asserting the original unity of all things, to be grasped through the perfect attainment of jen.
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