apprehended
part of speech
verb, past form of apprehend (apprehend, apprehends, apprehended, apprehending)
meaning for a pupil
1) (formal) Caught and arrested by police. tree →
2) (formal, rare) Understood. tree →
sense in the lessons
Used in news reports and police language: the thief was apprehended. It tells the reader someone was caught. Phrases: be apprehended by police, apprehended the suspect.
examples
- The burglar was apprehended near the station. tree →
- Police apprehended two suspects. tree →
- The thief ran but was soon apprehended. tree →
- The shoplifter was apprehended by a security guard. tree →
- Nobody has been apprehended for the crime yet. tree →
- She slowly apprehended what had happened. (rare, formal) tree →
note
Formal or official; everyday: caught, arrested. Noun: apprehension (also means worry or fear). Adjective: apprehensive (nervous, worried) — a common confusion.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «apprehended» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.