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# apprehend

verb (apprehend, apprehends, apprehended, apprehending)

«apprehend» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) To apprehend someone is to catch and arrest them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehend/#m1)
2. (formal) To apprehend something is to understand it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehend/#m2)

### In the lessons

In news and detective stories police "apprehend a suspect". In formal writing it can mean understand. Phrases: apprehend a suspect, apprehended by police.

### Examples

- The police apprehended the thief at the station. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehend/#x1)
- The suspect was apprehended after a chase. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehend/#x2)
- It took time to apprehend the full danger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehend/#x3)
- Officers apprehended two people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehend/#x4)
- Security guards cannot always apprehend shoplifters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehend/#x5)
- She quickly apprehended what was happening. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehend/#x6)

### Note

Formal; everyday words: catch, arrest, understand. Noun: apprehension. Regular verb: apprehended.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «apprehend» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehend/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«apprehend» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/apprehend.html) on Mova free.