apprehend

[US]/æprɪ'hend/
[UK]/ˌæprɪ'hɛnd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

apprehend: vt. arrest, detain; understand
tilbagehold: vt. arrestere, tilbageholde; forstå
Word Forms
Third Person Singularapprehends
Past Tenseapprehended
Past Participleapprehended
Present Participleapprehending

Phrases & Collocations

apprehend the suspect

anhold den mistænkte

apprehend a criminal

anhold en kriminel

apprehend the thief

anhold tyven

Example Sentences

apprehend the flame of a candle

fang hul i et stearinlys' flamme

apprehend a hard winter

forudse en hård vinter

I apprehend no worsening of the situation.

Jeg forudser ingen forværring af situationen.

Do you apprehend any difficulty?

Forudser du nogen vanskeligheder?

The police apprehended the criminal.

Politiet anholdt den kriminelle.

a candidate who apprehends the significance of geopolitical issues.

en kandidat, der forstår betydningen af geopolitiske spørgsmål.

"At last, I apprehended his meaning."

«Endelig forstod jeg hans mening.»

At last I apprehend ed his meaning.

Endelig forstod jeg hans mening.

She apprehended the complicated law very quickly.

Hun forstod hurtigt den komplicerede lov.

Are you sure you entirely apprehend the importance of completing these forms as accurately as possible?

Er du sikker på, at du fuldt ud forstår vigtigheden af at udfylde disse formularer så nøjagtigt som muligt?

It is perhaps not too much to say that any calamity the moment it is apprehended by the reason alone loses nearly all its power to disturb and unfix us.

Det er måske ikke for meget at sige, at enhver naturkatastrofe, i det øjeblik den forstås af fornuften alene, mister næsten al sin kraft til at forstyrre og destabilisere os.

The triggerman was apprehended almost immediately. He was identified as Mehmet Ali Agca, a Turkish terrorist. Agca had publicly vowed to kill the pope during the potiff's 1979 visit to Turkey.

Skytteren blev anholdt næsten øjeblikkeligt. Han blev identificeret som Mehmet Ali Agca, en tyrkisk terrorist. Agca havde offentligt svoret at dræbe paven under pavens besøg i Tyrkiet i 1979.

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