Que signifie grasp en anglais?

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grasp Signification, définition

0 understanding -- maîtrise [ feminine ]
- She has a good grasp of both French and Swedish. Elle a une bonne maîtrise à la fois du français et du suédois
1 the action of holding tightly -- prise [ feminine ]
- The rope slipped from his grasp. La corde échappa à sa prise.
2 able/not able to be achieved or obtained by sb -- à la portée / hors de portée de qqn
- Financial independence was finally within her grasp. L’indépendance financière était enfin à sa portée.
3 to take hold of tightly -- saisir
- She grasped the railing for support. Elle s’est agrippée à la rampe.
4 to understand -- saisir
- She just doesn’t seem to be able to grasp the idea. Elle semblait tout simplement incapable de saisir l’idée.
5 to take an opportunity -- saisir
- Political leaders must grasp the chance to make a peace deal. Les dirigeants politiques doivent saisir cette opportunité de conclure un accord de paix.
6 to take hold of especially by putting one’s fingers or arm(s) round -- empoigner, saisir
- He grasped the rope
- He grasped the opportunity to ask for a higher salary.
7 to understand -- saisir
- I can’t grasp what he’s getting at.
8 a grip with one’s hand etc -- prise
- Have you got a good grasp on that rope?
9 the ability to understand -- compréhension
- His ideas are quite beyond my grasp.

Let us do so by reflecting our greatest human inspirations, otherwise we will seem like decision-makers who have no grasp of the reality of matters.
It is important for our fishing operators to grasp all the opportunities that it offers.
This is an enormous challenge, but also an opportunity that we have a duty to grasp.
It is vital that this opportunity is grasped and that the pre-accession period is used constructively to make progress towards an equitable and sustainable settlement.
That is our approach to address both new challenges, but first of all to facilitate grasping all the opportunities.
It is an opportunity that must be grasped.
But we have to grasp the tools to do that.
We need to seize the moment and grasp the opportunity.