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PRONUNCIATION OF PREHEND

prehend  [prɪˈhend] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PREHEND

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prehend 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 prehend in English.

WHAT DOES PREHEND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of prehend in the English dictionary

The definition of prehend in the dictionary is to take hold of; to grasp mentally.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PREHEND

PRESENT

Present
I prehend
you prehend
he/she/it prehends
we prehend
you prehend
they prehend
Present continuous
I am prehending
you are prehending
he/she/it is prehending
we are prehending
you are prehending
they are prehending
Present perfect
I have prehended
you have prehended
he/she/it has prehended
we have prehended
you have prehended
they have prehended
Present perfect continuous
I have been prehending
you have been prehending
he/she/it has been prehending
we have been prehending
you have been prehending
they have been prehending
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 prehended
you prehended
he/she/it prehended
we prehended
you prehended
they prehended
Past continuous
I was prehending
you were prehending
he/she/it was prehending
we were prehending
you were prehending
they were prehending
Past perfect
I had prehended
you had prehended
he/she/it had prehended
we had prehended
you had prehended
they had prehended
Past perfect continuous
I had been prehending
you had been prehending
he/she/it had been prehending
we had been prehending
you had been prehending
they had been prehending
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you prehend
we let´s prehend
you prehend
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to prehend
Past participle
prehended
Present Participle
prehending
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 PREHEND


cayenned
keɪˈend
convertend
kənˈvɜːtˌend
downtrend
ˈdaʊntrend
faciend
ˈfæsɪˌend
kenned
kend
knee-bend
ˈniːˌbend
misintend
ˌmɪsɪnˈtend
missend
ˌmɪsˈsend
mistend
ˌmɪsˈtend
miswend
ˌmɪsˈwend
outspend
aʊtˈspend
reascend
ˌriːəˈsend
resuspend
ˌriːsəˈspend
stend
stend
uptrend
ˈʌptrend
yearend
ˈjɪərˌend

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PREHEND

prehab
prehalluces
prehallux
preharvest
preheadache
preheat
preheater
preheminence
prehensible
prehensile
prehensility
prehension
prehensive
prehensor
prehensorial
prehensory
prehiring
prehistorian
prehistoric
prehistorical

WORDS THAT END LIKE PREHEND

apprehend
at an end
attend
boyfriend
come to an end
comprehend
deprehend
end
friend
girlfriend
hend
legend
misapprehend
miscomprehend
pretend
recommend
reprehend
shend
subtrahend
Townshend

Synonyms and antonyms of prehend in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prehend» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PREHEND

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

Translator English - Chinese

prehend
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prehend
570 millions of speakers

English

prehend
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

prehend
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

prehend
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

prehend
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

preender
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

prehend
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prehend
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Prehend
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

prehend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

prehend
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

prehend
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prehend
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

prehend
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

prehend
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Prehend
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

anlasimlasi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prehend
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prehend
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

prehend
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

înŃeles la vremea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

prehend
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

prehend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

prehend
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

prehend
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prehend

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PREHEND»

The term «prehend» is normally little used and occupies the 115.119 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PREHEND» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «prehend» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «prehend» 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 prehend

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PREHEND»

Discover the use of prehend in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prehend and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: ...
Ralph de S. Sanszzne held the prehend, called Cerlentone, (now Charlton,) worth 70 shillings. T. R. E. IOO shillingt. Lennin then held it. 2. William Fitz-Oger holds another prehend in the some place, worth 6 pounde. T. R. E. 12 pounde.
Edward Hasted, 1799
2
Cyclopaedia: Or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ...
See PREBENDARY, he terrn prehend is usually confounded with tarmnieate, or eartartiea; yet there is a real difference. A prehend is properly a right which an ecclesiastic has in a cathedtal, or collegiate church where he officiates, to receive  ...
Ephraim Chambers, 1743
3
The Cyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ...
PREBEND, PREBENDA, the portion which a prebendary receives for his maintenance out of the estate of a cathedral, or collegiate church. The term prehend is usually confounded with canonicafe, or ca'mnica; yet there is a real difference.
Abraham Rees, 1819
4
British Biography: Or, an Accurate and Impartial Account of ...
ITEM, the canonry and prehend of Totenhale, in the church of London ; the tax sixteen marks sierling, ITBM the canonry and prehend Of Fordyngton, in the church os Sarum ; the tax twentyfive marks sterling. JrEM, the canonry and prehend of ...
‎1773
5
The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, ...
For it is not to the prehend that the right of suffrage, and other spiritual rights are annexed, but to the canonicate ; and when the prehend is joined to the canonicate, it becomes spiritual by virtue of the canonicate to which it is attached. Anciently ...
Abraham Rees, 1819
6
Cyclopaedia, Or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and ...
Preeeptarial PREBEN D, is that prehend whose revenues are destined' ' Magu PRECARXA was a great or general reaping-day. makers of the act, and the mischiess intended to be prevented or remedied thereby. See ACT. _ PREBEND  ...
Ephraïm Chambers, 1743
7
Whitehead's Ontology
an actual entity prehend in the mode of presentational immediacy, eternal objects located in contemporaneous extensive regions or contemporaneous actual entities? An actual entity prehends, in the mode of presentational immediacy, both ...
John W. Lango, 1972
8
Guillaume de Machaut: A Guide to Research
indicates that the prehend at St-Quemin hrouglu Machaui an annual income of 40 livres (chap. LlS.1h).6s 1t was Hocpffner (1908-21, 1:xx n. 3) who first noted the connection of the motet Marryrum 1 Diligemer (M19) to St. Qucmin.66 1n a ...
Lawrence Earp, 2013
9
Encyclopaedia Londinensis
It dis. fers from a prehend, in that the prehend may subsist without the canonicate: whereas the canonicate is inseparable from- the prehend: again, the rights of suffrages, and other privileges, are annexed to the canonicate, and not to the ...
John Wilkes, 1810
10
The Statutes at Large, Passed in the Parliaments Held in ...
And further be it enacted by authority aforesaid, That- spiritual if any archdeaconrsiie, deanry, provostship, prehend, parsonage, vi-P'Olnotllonato be given only carage, orchauntry, or any other dignity, benefice, office, .or pro- He motion ...
Ireland, James Goddard Butler, Francis Vesey, 1786

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PREHEND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prehend is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Getting to Know EOTRH
Horses learn to use their lips and their tongue to prehend grass and hay, and because incisors were never intended to grind food in the first ... «TheHorse.com, Apr 15»
2
Nutrition as a Component of Equine Dental Care
This allows the practitioner to assess the horse's body condition, eating habits (i.e., the ability to prehend food and any evidence of quidding ... «TheHorse.com, Feb 15»
3
Northwestern's Pat Fitzgerald Tweaks Husker Fans For Buying …
InsideNW's Chris Johnson asked "I also struggle to comprehend why the Nebraska comment elicited such strong backlash." Simple. It's July. «Corn Nation, Jul 14»
4
Charges filed in 100 Center shooting
Officers were able to ap-prehend Talley as he tried to run away and climb a fence. A gun was found in the area where Talley fled, the release ... «South Bend Tribune, Jun 14»
5
Topanga Earth Days 2014
You simply need to take action and in this moment and prehend the opportunity. Whether you are an known angler or new to the athletics, ... «Malibu Times, Apr 14»
6
Edwin Battistella's words
There were words I simply had not come across before, like thrawn, finick, tain, prehend, fetidity, libate, obclude, and vivify. You should look ... «OUPblog, Nov 13»
7
Married to a Murderer
... you have been married to for almost ten years and have him say I am not coming home, my brain was trying to prehend what he could mean. «ABC News, Oct 13»
8
Raleigh police's K-9 unit gives criminals a 'ruff' day
“When you send it to ap prehend someone, it needs to stop when it gets called back,” Tomczak said. “We're not looking for dogs that are just ... «N.C. State University Technician Online, Sep 13»

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