apprehend

/,æpri'hend/

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The police apprehend the suspect near the park.

Definition

Verb:
- To arrest or take into custody: To seize or detain someone by legal authority, typically for a suspected crime.
- To understand or perceive the meaning of something: To grasp something mentally; to comprehend.
- To anticipate with anxiety or fear: To view something future with dread or unease.

Usage and Examples

To arrest or take into custody:
- The officer will apprehend the suspect at the scene.
- The fugitive was apprehended after a week-long search.
To understand or perceive:
- It is difficult to apprehend the full complexity of the issue.
- She quickly apprehended the instructions and began her work.
To anticipate with anxiety:
- I apprehend that the results may not be favorable.
- They apprehend a difficult winter ahead.

Advanced Usage

"To apprehend danger": To sense or become aware of a threat.
- The animals seemed to apprehend danger before the storm hit.
Used in formal or legal contexts: The meaning of "to arrest" is most common in police, legal, and official reports.
- The suspect was apprehended without incident.

Variants and Related Words

Apprehension (noun):
- Anxiety or fear: A feeling of dread about a future event. (e.g., She felt great apprehension before the exam.)
- Understanding: The act of grasping something mentally. (e.g., His apprehension of the theory was impressive.)
- Arrest: The act of seizing someone by legal authority. (e.g., The apprehension of the criminal was swift.)
Apprehensive (adjective): Anxious or fearful that something bad will happen.
- He was apprehensive about the upcoming surgery.

Synonyms

Arrest, capture, seize (for the meaning of taking into custody).
Understand, comprehend, grasp, perceive (for the meaning of mental understanding).
Fear, dread, anticipate anxiously (for the meaning of anxious anticipation).

Phrasal Verbs / Common Collocations

To apprehend a criminal: A standard collocation meaning to arrest a lawbreaker.
To apprehend a concept: A formal collocation meaning to understand an idea.

Related Idioms

"To be apprehended by the law": A formal way of saying to be arrested by the authorities.
- He was finally apprehended by the law after years on the run.

The police apprehend the suspect near the park.

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