Que signifie grip en anglais?

Vous pouvez apprendre la prononciation, la grammaire et les synonymes de grip dans ce dictionnaire anglais faisant autorité.

grip Signification, définition

0 when sb holds sth tightly -- prise [ feminine ]
- a firm grip une prise ferme
- She loosened her grip and the dog ran off. Elle a relâché sa prise et le chien s’est enfui.
1 the control sb has over sb or sth -- contrôle [ masculine ]
- Keep a firm grip on your finances. Le gouvernement a tenté de renforcer son contrôle sur l’utilisation d’Internet.
2 to hold tightly -- agripper
- The girl gripped her father around the neck. La jeune fille agrippa son père par le cou.
3 to affect strongly -- saisir
- The country was gripped by a flu epidemic. Le pays était paralysé par une épidémie de grippe.
4 to keep sb’s attention -- captiver
- a novel that gripped me from the beginning un roman qui m’a captivé dès le début
5 to take a firm hold of -- empoigner
- He gripped his stick
- The speaker gripped (the attention of) his audience.
6 a firm hold -- prise, poigne
- He had a firm grip on his stick
- He has a very strong grip
- The sailors were caught in the grip of a fierce storm.
7 a bag used by travellers -- valise
- He carried his sports equipment in a large grip.
8 understanding -- connaissance
- He has a good grip of the subject.

Why are we not focusing on things that we can actually get a grip on?
The dictatorship uses the income to tighten its grip on power.
Our initial response, our initial reaction must be to switch off the psychological 'emergency' mode and get a grip on our agenda.
We need to safeguard satisfactory control over the handling of delegated powers, so that we do not lose our grip on this complex organisation.
These include tyre pressure monitoring systems, wet grip requirements and lane departure warning systems.
If we decline to address this central problem, to take a firm grip on it, we will not solve the monitoring problem.
Please come to grips with this subject as well.
The report we have before us is balanced in its criticisms, but those criticisms are metaphilosophical and so generalised that we can hardly get to grips with them.