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    grasp
    [ɡrasp]
    verb
    grasp (verb) · grasps (third person present) · grasped (past tense) · grasped (past participle) · grasping (present participle)
    noun
    grasp (noun)
    1. a firm hold or grip:
      "the child slipped from her grasp"
    Origin
    late Middle English: perhaps related to grope.
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    A grasp is a very firm hold or grip. His hand was taken in a warm, firm grasp. If you say that something is in someone's grasp, you disapprove of the fact that they possess or control it. If something slips from your grasp, you lose it or lose control of it. The people in your grasp are not guests, they are hostages.
    take is a general term applicable to any manner of getting something into one's possession or control. seize implies a sudden and forcible movement in getting hold of something tangible or an apprehending of something fleeting or elusive when intangible. grasp stresses a laying hold so as to have firmly in possession.
    grasp that… It took him some time to grasp that he was now a public figure. grasp a chance/an opportunity to take an opportunity without hesitating and use it I grasped the opportunity to work abroad. to try all possible means to find a solution or some hope in a difficult or unpleasant situation, even though this seems very unlikely
    the ability to get or achieve something Success was within her grasp. Definition of grasp noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
  3. Grasp can be defined as123:
    • To take or seize eagerly
    • To clasp or embrace especially with the fingers or arms
    • To take hold of or seize firmly with the hand, the foot, another body part, or an instrument
    • To hold with the arms; embrace
    • Power to achieve or control something
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    1 : to take or seize eagerly grasp the opportunity for advancement 2 : to clasp or embrace especially with the fingers or arms grasped the pen and began writing
    www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grasp
    (grăsp) v. grasped, grasp·ing, grasps v.tr. 1. To take hold of or seize firmly with the hand, the foot, another body part, or an instrument: The elephant grasped the branch with its trunk. 2. To hold with the arms; embrace.
    www.thefreedictionary.com/grasp
    us / ɡræsp / grasp noun [U] (HOLD) power to achieve or control something: A full partnership at last seemed to be within her grasp. (Definition of grasp from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
    dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/grasp
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