apprehending
Seizing or understanding
Apprehending is the present participle of apprehend, a verb with two distinct senses.
The first involves understanding or grasping something mentally: I'm having trouble apprehending the significance of these results.
The second involves police or authorities catching and arresting someone: Officers succeeded in apprehending the suspect after a brief chase.
Both senses share an underlying idea of seizing—whether seizing a concept with the mind or seizing a person physically.
Holding in custody
- handcuffingBinding wrists with restraints
- custodyProtective care or control
- policeCivil law enforcement
- warrantFormal authorization document
suspect · fugitive · officer · booking · jail · patrol · collar · perp
Mental comprehension of something
- perceivingBecoming conscious of something
- discerningHaving keen judgment
- realizingBecoming aware of something
- recognizingPerceiving as known
fathoming · conceiving · insight · awareness · cognition · perception · intuition · interpretation
Taking forcible possession
- catchingAble to be transmitted
- nabbingSeizing or apprehending
- snatchingSeizing quickly, abruptly
- grabbingTaking hold suddenly
clutching · trapping · snaring · netting · collaring · cornering · bagging · hooking
Awaiting a predicted outcome
- foreseeingPerceiving future events
- anticipatingExpecting something to happen
- dreadingAnticipating with apprehension
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
premonition · intuiting · presaging · foreboding · sensing · bracing · awaiting · preparing
detaining
Holding in custody
- handcuffingBinding wrists with restraints
- custodyProtective care or control
- policeCivil law enforcement
warrant · suspect · fugitive · officer · booking · jail · patrol · collar · perp · cuffing
understanding
Mental comprehension of something
- perceivingBecoming conscious of something
- discerningHaving keen judgment
- realizingBecoming aware of something
recognizing · fathoming · conceiving · insight · awareness · cognition · perception · intuition · interpretation · conceptualizing
seizing
Taking forcible possession
grabbing · clutching · trapping · snaring · netting · collaring · cornering · bagging · hooking · ensnaring
expecting
Awaiting a predicted outcome
- foreseeingPerceiving future events
- anticipatingExpecting something to happen
- dreadingAnticipating with apprehension
foresight · premonition · intuiting · presaging · foreboding · sensing · bracing · awaiting · preparing · envisioning
apprehendingreleasing
Allowing to escape
freeing · liberating · discharging · letting go · emancipating
apprehendingmisunderstanding
Failure to grasp meaning
miscomprehending · misconstruing · misperceiving · missing the point · confusing
apprehendingignoring
Deliberately not noticing
overlooking · missing · disregarding · neglecting · tuning out
comprehend, comprehension, comprehensive, apprehend, apprehension, apprehensive, apprehended, comprehending, comprehends