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I think to "grasp" means to be able to conceptualize, understand deeply, etc., while "knowledge" more refers to having the facts... S ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums Spanish-English/Español-Inglés Spanish-EnglishVocabulary/VocabularioEspañol-Inglés Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. grasp/comprehension/knowledge Threadstarter solemusitu Startdate Feb1,2006 S solemusitu NewMember Spanish Holaatodos! Unaayudita,please. Querespuestadariaisaesteejercicio? "Duringthediscussionthespeakershowedanexcellent............ofalltheissues." A.knowledge B.grasp C.comprehension D.skill LarespuestaesB.grasp.YohabriadichosindudarA.Knowledge Noentiendoladiferenciaentregraspyknowledge,concomprehensioncreoquelotengounpocomasclaro. Gracias   S solemusitu NewMember Spanish Please!!!! Echarunvistazoamidudilla??   G GMonkey NewMember English/U.S. Solemusitu-- Wow,that'sdifficult.I'mnotsuremostnativeEnglishspeakerswouldknowwhattodowiththatquestion!Afterthinkingaboutit,Ithinkonecould"know"theissueswithoutreally"grasping"them(?).Youcanknowwhattheissuesare,forexample,thattheUSpollutestheenvironmenttoomuch,butto"grasp"theissueistohavea"comprehensivemasteryofthesubjectasawhole;"sosomeonewhograspstheissueswouldbeabletoexplainindetailtheproblems,causes,etc.,ofpollution,howtheyarerelated,theories,solutions,etc."Comprehensivemasteryofthewholeofasubject"istheOxfordEnglishDictionary'sdefinitionof"grasp."That'smybestshotatthedifference,butI'mnotsurehowsomeoneissupposedtoknowwhichtoinsertintoyourtestquestion!Ithinkto"grasp"meanstobeabletoconceptualize,understanddeeply,etc.,while"knowledge"morereferstohavingthefacts...   S solemusitu NewMember Spanish GMonkeysaid: Solemusitu-- Wow,that'sdifficult.I'mnotsuremostnativeEnglishspeakerswouldknowwhattodowiththatquestion!Afterthinkingaboutit,Ithinkonecould"know"theissueswithoutreally"grasping"them(?).Youcanknowwhattheissuesare,forexample,thattheUSpollutestheenvironmenttoomuch,butto"grasp"theissueistohavea"comprehensivemasteryofthesubjectasawhole;"sosomeonewhograspstheissueswouldbeabletoexplainindetailtheproblems,causes,etc.,ofpollution,howtheyarerelated,theories,solutions,etc."Comprehensivemasteryofthewholeofasubject"istheOxfordEnglishDictionary'sdefinitionof"grasp."That'smybestshotatthedifference,butI'mnotsurehowsomeoneissupposedtoknowwhichtoinsertintoyourtestquestion!Ithinkto"grasp"meanstobeabletoconceptualize,understanddeeply,etc.,while"knowledge"morereferstohavingthefacts... Clicktoexpand... ThankyouverymuchGMonkey,IthinkIgotit. ItwasaquestionIfoundinaCambridgeforAdvanceExampaper.   C complicado NewMember Spanish-English Canyouactually"graspsomebody"?Meaningyouarereallyabletounderstandwhattheotherpersonisgoingthrough.Orisitonyforthingslikeideas?Thanks!   S SydLexia SeniorMember London,EU UKEnglish complicadosaid: Canyouactually"graspsomebody"?Meaningyouarereallyabletounderstandwhattheotherpersonisgoingthrough.Orisitonyforthingslikeideas?Thanks! Clicktoexpand... "grasp'means'hold/reachphysicallyormentally'soassoonastheobjectisphysicalyoulosethemetaphor. Thequestion'slogicis: A:Youcan'thaveaknowledgeoftheissues(it'suncountablehere). B:'grasp'iscorrect. C:ThesameasA. D:'skillof'isimpossible(thisoneistocatchpeoplewhohavenoidea). Thisisoneofthosequestionswhereyouhavetolookintothemindofthepersonwhosetthequestion.Formostpeople'knowledge'and,inparticular,'comprehension'couldbothbeusedas'countables'herebut,giventhatthereisonlyoneanswer,theymustbe'wronganswers'inthecontextofthisexercise. HaveyouevertriedGMATtests? syd   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums Spanish-English/Español-Inglés Spanish-EnglishVocabulary/VocabularioEspañol-Inglés Top