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поня́ть — meaning in English

ponyat

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English meaning

  • apprehend verb To arrest someone, especially a suspected criminal.
  • catch verb To capture or seize something moving, such as a ball or a fleeing person.
  • grasp verb To grip something firmly, typically with the hand.
  • know verb To have information about something, or to be certain that something is true.
  • realize verb To become fully aware of a fact or situation, especially one that was true all along.
  • roger intj Used in radio communication to confirm that a message has been received and understood.
  • see verb To perceive something with the eyes.
  • understand verb To grasp the meaning of something.
  • understood adjective Grasped or accepted without needing to be stated directly.

Senses

поня́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • apprehend To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
  • catch (transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand. [from 16thc.]
  • know (transitive, philosophy) To maintain (a belief, a position) subject to a given philosophical definition of knowledge; to hold a justified true belief.
  • roger (radio, _, telecommunications, procedure word) Received (used in radio communications to acknowledge that a message has been received and understood)
  • see (figuratively) To understand.
  • understand (transitive, usually with clause as object) To comprehend a fact or principle; to regard or come to regard a belief as such.
  • understand (transitive) To believe or infer, to think one grasps sufficiently despite potentially incomplete knowledge.
  • understood Indicates comprehension on the part of the speaker.

apprehend — full definition

  1. verb To arrest someone, especially a suspected criminal.
  2. verb To understand or grasp something mentally.
  3. verb To anticipate something, usually with worry or fear.

catch — full definition

  1. verb To capture or seize something moving, such as a ball or a fleeing person.
  2. verb To become infected with an illness.
  3. verb To notice, understand, or hear something.
  4. noun A hidden difficulty or drawback in an otherwise appealing deal or plan.
  5. noun Something captured, especially fish.

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