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It's been a while since I've written a novel aimed at the adult market, but I never sit down and say to myself, 'Okay, now I'm going to write something for us old folks.' I get gripped by an idea, and I go where the idea takes me.
Rick Yancey

Meaning of "gripped" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GRIPPED

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRIPPED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gripped is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb gripped in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GRIPPED

PRESENT

Present
I grip
you grip
he/she/it grips
we grip
you grip
they grip
Present continuous
I am gripping
you are gripping
he/she/it is gripping
we are gripping
you are gripping
they are gripping
Present perfect
I have gripped
you have gripped
he/she/it has gripped
we have gripped
you have gripped
they have gripped
Present perfect continuous
I have been gripping
you have been gripping
he/she/it has been gripping
we have been gripping
you have been gripping
they have been gripping
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I gripped
you gripped
he/she/it gripped
we gripped
you gripped
they gripped
Past continuous
I was gripping
you were gripping
he/she/it was gripping
we were gripping
you were gripping
they were gripping
Past perfect
I had gripped
you had gripped
he/she/it had gripped
we had gripped
you had gripped
they had gripped
Past perfect continuous
I had been gripping
you had been gripping
he/she/it had been gripping
we had been gripping
you had been gripping
they had been gripping
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will grip
you will grip
he/she/it will grip
we will grip
you will grip
they will grip
Future continuous
I will be gripping
you will be gripping
he/she/it will be gripping
we will be gripping
you will be gripping
they will be gripping
Future perfect
I will have gripped
you will have gripped
he/she/it will have gripped
we will have gripped
you will have gripped
they will have gripped
Future perfect continuous
I will have been gripping
you will have been gripping
he/she/it will have been gripping
we will have been gripping
you will have been gripping
they will have been gripping
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would gripped
you would gripped
he/she/it would gripped
we would gripped
you would gripped
they would gripped
Conditional continuous
I would be gripping
you would be gripping
he/she/it would be gripping
we would be gripping
you would be gripping
they would be gripping
Conditional perfect
I would have gripped
you would have gripped
he/she/it would have gripped
we would have gripped
you would have gripped
they would have gripped
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been gripping
you would have been gripping
he/she/it would have been gripping
we would have been gripping
you would have been gripping
they would have been gripping
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you grip
we let´s grip
you grip
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to grip
Past participle
gripped
Present Participle
gripping
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GRIPPED


adscript
ˈædˌskrɪpt
conscript
ˈkɒnskrɪpt
crypt
krɪpt
decrypt
diːˈkrɪpt
encrypt
ɪnˈkrɪpt
JavaScript
ˈdʒɑːvəˌskrɪpt
manuscript
ˈmænjʊˌskrɪpt
nondescript
ˈnɒndɪˌskrɪpt
postscript
ˈpəʊsˌskrɪpt
prescript
ˈpriːskrɪpt
proscript
ˈprəʊˌskrɪpt
rescript
ˈriːˌskrɪpt
ripped
rɪpt
script
skrɪpt
subscript
ˈsʌbskrɪpt
superscript
ˈsuːpəˌskrɪpt
tapescript
ˈteɪpˌskrɪpt
transcript
ˈtrænskrɪpt
typescript
ˈtaɪpˌskrɪpt
unstripped
ʌnˈstrɪpt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRIPPED

griot
grip
grip strip
grip tape
gripe
gripe water
griper
gripey
griping
gripingly
gripman
grippe
gripper
gripping
grippingly
gripple
grippy
grips
gripsack

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRIPPED

chipped
clipped
dipped
dripped
equipped
flipped
outstripped
pipped
shipped
sipped
skipped
slipped
stopped
stripped
tipped
tripped
unzipped
well-equipped
whipped
worshipped
zipped

Synonyms and antonyms of gripped in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GRIPPED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «gripped» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of gripped

Translation of «gripped» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRIPPED

Find out the translation of gripped to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gripped from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gripped» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

心惊肉跳
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

apoderado
570 millions of speakers

English

gripped
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सोचने के लिए मजबूर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سيطرت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

охватил
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

agarrou
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

করায়ত্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

saisi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dicengkam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gegriffen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

把持
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

파지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dicekel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nắm chặt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உறைந்திருந்தது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पकडले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kavradı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

attanagliato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chwycić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

охопив
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cuprins
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εγκλωβισμένοι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aangegryp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

greppas
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

grepet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gripped

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRIPPED»

The term «gripped» is quite widely used and occupies the 35.026 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GRIPPED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «gripped» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «gripped» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gripped

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8 QUOTES WITH «GRIPPED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word gripped.
1
Lou Barletta
I saw my city gripped by fear. Because of violent acts committed by illegal aliens, my residents were afraid to shop - or even drive - on certain streets.
2
Thurston Clarke
A deep, black grief gripped Robert Kennedy in the months following his brother's assassination. He lost weight, fell into melancholy silences, wore his brother's clothes, smoked the cigars his brother had liked, and imitated his mannerisms.
3
Ruhollah Khomeini
One thing I congratulate everyone on is the great explosion which has occurred in Washington's Black House and the very important scandal which has gripped leaders of America.
4
Jean Hanff Korelitz
When you get right down to it, there's something uniquely satisfying in being gripped by a great plot, in begrudging whatever real-world obligations might prevent you from finding out what happens next.
5
Alice Lowe
I love doing comedy, and that's the thing I will always go back to, really, but I'd love to have the freedom to do sort of 'meaty' roles but also have the freedom to do the sort of films I want to make, like what Woody Allen does. You forget he's funny because you're so gripped by the story, but they still make you laugh.
6
Michelle Malkin
Washington is gripped by crab-in-the-bucket syndrome. And there's no cure in sight. Put a single crab in an uncovered bucket, and it will find a way to climb up and out on its own. Put a dozen crabs in a bucket, and 11 will fight with all their might to pull down the striver who attempts escape.
7
Sam Snead
If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they'd starve to death.
8
Rick Yancey
It's been a while since I've written a novel aimed at the adult market, but I never sit down and say to myself, 'Okay, now I'm going to write something for us old folks.' I get gripped by an idea, and I go where the idea takes me.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRIPPED»

Discover the use of gripped in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gripped and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Gripped by the Greatness of God
He also shares candidly from his experiences in life and ministry where God proved Himself to be the Great I AM. This book will spur new and seasoned believers alike to detest mediocrity in their spiritual walks.
James MacDonald, 2005
2
Gripped by Gambling
This is her journey back from the hell she had created.
Marilyn Lancelot, 2007
3
Ernest Shackleton: Gripped by the Antarctic
A biography of Sir Ernest Shackleton, the daring, charismatic Antarctic explorer who fell short of his goal of crossing Antarctica, but accomplished a far greater feat by bringing every member of his crew back alive.
Rebecca L. Johnson, 2003
4
Gripped: Your Personality is What's Holding You Back
Gripped holds a mirror up to America's narcissistic social media self-obsession. In our modern cultureofME ME ME, Donnelly dances on the line of comedic grace and brutal honesty to show how ugly personal growth can be. Michael Paul ...
Jason Donnelly, 2013
5
Born to Lose: Stanley B. Hoss and the Crime Spree that ...
In Born to Lose, author James G. Hollock traces Hoss from his earliest misdemeanors at the age of fourteen to a daring rooftop escape from the Allegheny Workhouse in Blawnox, Pennsylvania, where he was being held on a rape charge, to his ...
James G. Hollock, 2011
6
Gripped by Drought
Arthur Upfield. indication of the white man's lordship excepting at one point on the horizon where, south of a clump of big pine trees, the sun flashed on the vanes of a revolving windmill.
Arthur Upfield, 2011
7
Fearless: Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things in a ...
This novel has valuable insights for businesspeople, educators, statesmen and women and all people confronted with the challenges of living in to-day's world.
Lisinka Ulatowska, 2005
8
Fatal Females: 13 Cases That Gripped a Nation
Read these true stories and delve into the dark and disturbing lives of Australia’s most fatal females. Former TV reporter Libby-Jane Charleston began her career in her teens as one of Australia’s youngest newspaper columnists.
Charleston, Libby-Jane, 2013
9
Gripped by Fear
Advance Praise for Gripped by Fear!: Once again John Wills delivers a nitty-gritty true-to-life "you can taste the atmosphere" story about the life of police officers on the often violent streets of Chicago.
John M. Wills, 2009
10
A Murder in Wellesley: The Inside Story of an Ivy-League ...
Inside one of New England's most infamous murders
Thomas J. Farmer, Martin T. Foley, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRIPPED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gripped is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'It's Like Riding a Bike' Means Nothing to These Adults Trying to Learn
The pair, along with a third trainee at the class, Alyssa Moskowitz, 26, grinned nervously as they gripped their handlebars. Mr. Durgin urged ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
This Doctor Knows Exactly How You Feel
One scene showed a woman whose neck had been broken, and Salinas was suddenly gripped by the sensation of his own neck twisting ... «Pacific Standard, Jul 15»
3
Here's Why Primaries Are Good for Democracy
The result is a conflict that has gripped the entire country and has helped turned a dire humanitarian situation into a catastrophic one. Another ... «Foreign Policy, Jul 15»
4
U.S. Government Bonds Retreat
Turmoil in Greece and China has gripped global investors in July, fueling swings in financial markets where volatility already has been on the ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
5
Wimbledon policeman who appeared to enjoy the tennis too much …
... the nerve-wracking match soon appeared on social media and media sites around the world as the nation became gripped by his animated ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
6
Harper Lee Fans React to Atticus Finch's Racist Side in 'Go Set a …
It's heart breaking to see the portrayal of Atticus finch. But the scenes between him and scout. Any dad will read that and be absolutely gripped. «ABC News, Jul 15»
7
Um.. Drops "Skrillex" & Reveals Act II of Their Original Short Story
this day was different. with grey skies and thunderstorms overhead, the air gripped at his throat as he tried to steady his breath. a voice was ... «Your EDM, Jul 15»
8
Addis Ababa hosts key global development summit
Despite concerns over its record on democracy and human rights, Ethiopia - which was gripped by an appalling famine 30 years ago - is seen ... «Deutsche Welle, Jul 15»
9
Bill Maher and Fox News's Muslim feminism: How Ayaan Hirsi Ali …
Suddenly, she was a national figure with an audience that was gripped by the 21st century's fierce entanglement with political Islam. Atop her ... «Salon, Jul 15»
10
Paris Hilton has her arm gripped by sister Nicky's wedding guest
When's it your turn, Paris? Awkward moment Hilton heiress has her arm gripped by wedding guest the day after watching younger sister Nicky ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

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