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| NOUN: | The extent of one's perception, understanding, knowledge, or vision: horizon, purview, range, reach, scope. See ABILITY, KNOWLEDGE, SEE. | | VERB: | 1. Scots. To perceive directly with the intellect: apprehend, compass, comprehend, fathom, grasp, know, understand. See KNOWLEDGE. 2. Scots. To apprehend (images) by use of the eyes: behold, perceive, see. See SEE. 3. Scots. To perceive and recognize the meaning of: accept, apprehend, catch (on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, get, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take, take in, understand. Informal : savvy. Slang : dig. Chiefly British : twig. Idioms: get (or have) a handle on, get the picture. See UNDERSTAND.
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