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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

  1. verb To be grateful for something.
  2. verb To understand and value the true quality, meaning, or importance of something.
  3. verb (of an asset) To increase in value over time.

comprehend — full definition

  1. verb To understand something fully.
  2. verb To include or contain something as part of a whole.

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