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grasp
English
Etymology
From Middle English graspen, grapsen, craspen (“to grope; feel around”), from Old English gr?psan (“to touch, feel”), from Proto-Germanic *graipis?n?. Cognate with German Low German grapsen (“to grab; grasp”), Saterland Frisian Grapse (“double handful”). Compare also Swedish krafsa (“to scatch; scabble”), Norwegian krafse (“to scramble”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /????sp/
- (US) IPA(key): /??æsp/
- Rhymes: -æsp
Verb
grasp (third-person singular simple present grasps, present participle grasping, simple past and past participle grasped)
- To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
- To understand.
- I have never been able to grasp the concept of infinity.
- To take advantage of something, to seize, to jump at a chance.
Synonyms
- (grip): clasp, grip, hold tight; See also Thesaurus:grasp
- (understand): comprehend, fathom
- (take advantage): jump at the chance, jump on
Derived terms
- begrasp
- foregrasp
- grasp the nettle
Related terms
Translations
Noun
grasp (plural grasps)
- (sometimes figuratively) Grip.
- Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
- Understanding.
- 1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Chapter 13:
- There is for the mind but one grasp of happiness: from that uppermost pinnacle of wisdom, whence we see that this world is well designed.
- 1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Chapter 13:
- That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability.
Translations
Anagrams
- ARPGs, sprag
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administration
English
Etymology
From Middle English administracioun, from Old French administration, from Latin administratio, from administrare; see administer; compare French administration.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?m?n??st?e???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
administration (usually uncountable, plural administrations)
- (uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.
- (countable) A body that administers; the executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.
- (uncountable) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
- (uncountable, business) Management.
- (uncountable, law, Britain) An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.
Synonyms
- supervision, conduct, management, regulation, organization, governing
Related terms
- administer
- administrator
- administrative
Translations
References
- administration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
French
Etymology
From Old French administration, from Latin administratio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ad.mi.nis.t?a.sj??/
Noun
administration f (plural administrations)
- management (administration; the process or practice of managing)
Derived terms
- conseil d'administration
Further reading
- “administration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Noun
administration (plural administrationes)
- administration (act of administering)
Swedish
Noun
administration c
- administration
Declension
Synonyms
- förvaltning
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