| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A line around a closed figure or area: ambit, circuit, circumference, perimeter, periphery. See EDGE. 2. The ability or power to seize or attain: capacity, grasp, range, reach, scope. See ABILITY. 3. An area within which something or someone exists, acts, or has influence or power: ambit, extension, extent, orbit, purview, range, reach, realm, scope, sphere, sweep, swing. See TERRITORY. | | VERB: | 1. To encircle with or as if with a band: band1, begird, belt, cincture, encompass, engirdle, gird, girdle, girt, ring1. Archaic : engird. See EDGE. 2. To perceive directly with the intellect: apprehend, comprehend, fathom, grasp, know, understand. Scots : ken. See KNOWLEDGE. 3. To shut in on all sides: begird, beset, circle, encircle, encompass, environ, gird, girdle, hedge, hem, ring1, surround. See OPEN. 4. To perceive and recognize the meaning of: accept, apprehend, catch (on), comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, get, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take, take in, understand. Informal : savvy. Slang : dig. Chiefly British : twig. Scots : ken. Idioms: get (or have) a handle on, get the picture. See UNDERSTAND.
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