grasp
verb (used with object)
to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
had grasped
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past perfectof grasp.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Even Pochettino said that he realized early on that the team’s culture was worse than he had grasped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Far from being alarming, the vision filled her with wonder and made her feel as if she had grasped something ineffable about death.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2024
Alpidio Armas, president of El Hierro's local government, said neither Spanish authorities nor the EU had grasped the magnitude of the crisis.
From Reuters ● Nov. 24, 2023
“He had grasped the fundamental importance of measurements at a time when volcanology was dominated by rather qualitative methods.”
From Scientific American ● Aug. 16, 2023
Yet long before Leeuwenhoek such creatures had existed in the imagination of those who had grasped the full implications of the Scaling Revolution.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
