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verstand — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • apprehension noun A worried feeling that something bad might happen; anxiety about the future.
  • brain noun The organ inside the skull that controls thought, memory, emotion, and the rest of the nervous system.
  • mind noun The part of a person responsible for thought, awareness, memory, and reasoning.
  • sense noun One of the physical faculties — sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch — through which the body perceives the world.

Senses

verstand is used for these senses in English:

  • apprehension The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
  • brain (in the plural) Intellect.
  • mind The capability for rational thought.
  • sense Sound practical or moral judgment.

apprehension — full definition

  1. noun A worried feeling that something bad might happen; anxiety about the future.
  2. noun The act of catching or arresting someone.
  3. noun Basic understanding or grasp of an idea.

brain — full definition

  1. noun The organ inside the skull that controls thought, memory, emotion, and the rest of the nervous system.
  2. noun A person's intelligence or mental ability.
  3. noun An especially intelligent person, or the person supplying the ideas behind a plan.
  4. verb Informal: to hit someone hard on the head.

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