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
- noun A worried feeling that something bad might happen; anxiety about the future.
- noun The act of catching or arresting someone.
- noun Basic understanding or grasp of an idea.
brain — full definition
- noun The organ inside the skull that controls thought, memory, emotion, and the rest of the nervous system.
- noun A person's intelligence or mental ability.
- noun An especially intelligent person, or the person supplying the ideas behind a plan.
- verb Informal: to hit someone hard on the head.