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Adjective apprehended has 1 sense
- appreciated, apprehended, comprehended - fully understood or grasped; "dangers not yet appreciated"; "these apprehended truths"; "a thing comprehended is a thing known as fully as it can be known"
Antonym: ununderstood (indirect, via understood)
Verb apprehend has 3 senses
- get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend - get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
--1 is one way to understand
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop - take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
--2 is one way to seize, prehend, clutch
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- apprehend, quail at - anticipate with dread or anxiety
--3 is one way to anticipate, look for, look to
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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