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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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grasp

/ɡrɑːsp/

US pronunciation

American sound/ɡrɑːsp/

grasp

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Open ah vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> grasp

Myanmar meaning

(v) ဆုပ်ကိုင်သည်။ဖမ်းဆုပ်သည်။အခွင့်အလမ်းစသည်ကိုအမိအရယူသည်၊မလွတ်စတမ်းအသုံးချသည်။ နားလည်သဘောပေါက်သည်။ (n) ဆုပ်ကိုင်ခြင်း။ဖမ်းဆုပ်ခြင်း။လက်တွင်း။လက်ထဲ။ နားလည်သဘောပေါက်မှု။

Full entry

grasp / grɑ:sp; US græsp / v

၁။ (က) ဆုပ်ကိုင်သည်။ ဖမ်းဆုပ်သည်။ She grasped the rope and pulled herself up. ❍ He grasped my hand warmly (eg as a sign of friendship). ❍ He grasped her firmly by the arm. (ခ) (အခွင့်အလမ်း စသည်ကို) အမိအရ ယူသည်၊ မလွတ်စတမ်း အသုံးချသည်။ grasp an opportunity.
၂။ နားလည် သဘောပေါက်သည်။ I don't think you've quite grasped the seriousness of the situation. ❍ She never could grasp how to do it.
n (usu sing )
၁။ (က) ဆုပ်ကိုင်ခြင်း။ ဖမ်းဆုပ်ခြင်း။ Take a good grasp of the handle and pull. ❍ I grabbed him but he wriggled out of my grasp. (ခ) လက်တွင်း။ လက်ထဲ။ Election victory was within their grasp. ❍ Don't let the situation slip/ escape from your grasp.
၂။ နားလည် သဘောပေါက်မှု။ difficulties within/ beyond one's grasp ❍ She has a good grasp of the subject.
❏ grasp the nettle [IDM ] (Brit ) ရဲရဲရင့်ရင့် ပြတ်ပြတ် သားသား ဖြေရှင်းသည်။
❏ grasp at sth [PHRV ] ဖမ်းဆုပ်သည်။ အသုံးချသည်။ grasp at a swinging rope ❍ He was ready to grasp at any means to defeat his opponents.

More examples

She grasped his hand and pulled him towards her.
[grasp someone by the shoulders/arm/wrist etc] : He grasped her firmly by the shoulders.
He was finding it difficult to grasp the rules of the game.
[grasp the meaning/significance of something] : You should try to grasp the meaning of whole sentences.
[grasp a concept/principle/point] : Charlie grasped the point at once.
We must grasp every opportunity if we are going to succeed.
He had failed to grasp his one chance of happiness.

Synonyms

clutch, grab, seize, take hold of, grip, clasp, snatch, grapple, clench, accept, appreciate, apprehend, awareness, bag, butt, capacity, catch, catch on, cinch, clamp, clinch, clutches, cognize, collar, compass, comprehend, comprehension, control, corral, dig, embrace, enclose, envisage, extent, fathom, follow, get, get the drift, get the message, get the picture, glom, have, hold, hook, ken, know, knowledge, land, latch on, lug, make, mastery, perceive, perception, pick up, possession, purchase, range, reach, realization, realize, scope, see, see the point of, sense, take, take in, tenure, understand, understanding

Antonyms

avoid, avoidance, be immune, disallow, discourage, dissuade, fail, free, give, ignorance, let go, lose, misconception, misinterpret, miss, misunderstand, misunderstanding, neglect, not get, offer, overlook, receive, refuse, release, stop

Cross references

clutch grab seize take hold of grip clasp snatch grapple clench accept appreciate apprehend awareness bag butt capacity catch catch on cinch clamp clinch clutches cognize collar compass comprehend comprehension control

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