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English word

grasp

C1
UK /ɡrɑːsp/US /ɡræsp/
noun

a strong hold of somebody/something or control over somebody/something

verb

to take a strong hold of somebody/something

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We have a huge vested interest in it, partly because it's education that's meant to take us into this future that we can't grasp.

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They have utterly failed to grasp that the urgencies are too great and that the problem is too big to let others deal with it.

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