Betekenis van grasp In het Nederlands

• 0 to quickly take something in your hand(s) and hold it firmly:

  • Rosie suddenly grasped my hand.

  • We must grasp every opportunity to strengthen economic ties with other countries.

• 1 to understand something, especially something difficult:

  • I think I managed to grasp the main points of the lecture.

  • The government has acknowledged that homelessness is a problem but it has failed to grasp the scale of the problem.

• 2 the act of holding onto someone or something:

  • He shook my hand with a very firm grasp.

  • The presidency at last looked within her grasp (= it looked possible that she might become president).

  • Why is success always beyond my grasp (= impossible to get)?

  • The gold medal slipped from his grasp (= he was unable to get it) in the last moments of the race.

  • I sometimes think that he's losing his grasp on reality (= his ability to judge what is real and what is not).

• 3 understanding:

  • He has a good grasp of the issues.

• 4 to take something quickly, in your hand, and hold it firmly:

  • [ T ] I grasped his arm to keep from falling.

• 5 to understand, esp. something difficult:

  • It was hard to grasp what the professor was getting at.

• 6 power to achieve or control something:

  • A full partnership at last seemed to be within her grasp.