capire — meaning in English
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English meaning
- appreciate verb To be grateful for something.
- comprehend verb To understand something fully.
- determine verb To find out or establish something for certain, usually by investigation.
- fathom noun A unit of length equal to six feet (about 1.8 metres), traditionally used to measure the depth of water.
- grasp verb To grip something firmly, typically with the hand.
- ken verb To know or understand something (chiefly Scottish and Northern English dialect).
- know verb To have information about something, or to be certain that something is true.
- see verb To perceive something with the eyes.
- understand verb To grasp the meaning of something.
Senses
capire is used for these senses in English:
- appreciate (transitive) To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.
- comprehend (transitive) To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly; to plumb. [from 14th c.]
- determine To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
- ken (transitive, mostly, Scotland) To know, perceive or understand.
- know (transitive, philosophy) To maintain (a belief, a position) subject to a given philosophical definition of knowledge; to hold a justified true belief.
- make sense (intransitive, idiomatic, with of) To decipher or understand.
- see (figuratively) To understand.
- take the point (idiomatic) To grasp the essential meaning of what a person is saying, to understand a person's argument and point of view.
appreciate — full definition
- verb To be grateful for something.
- verb To understand and value the true quality, meaning, or importance of something.
- verb (of an asset) To increase in value over time.
comprehend — full definition
- verb To understand something fully.
- verb To include or contain something as part of a whole.