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Get to know Prehension better with 1 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like grasping or seizing.

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Prehension in a sentence

Prehension meaning

  1. The act of grasping or gripping, especially with the hands.
  2. According to Alfred North Whitehead, a type of universally acting perception that is not limited to living, self-conscious beings, and which involves an interconnectedness of the observer and the observed.

Synonyms of Prehension

grasping taking hold seizing control

Related words

Other words often associated with Prehension or its synonyms:

see relation understanding command assure greedy avaricious discernment verify acquisitive activity ascertain

Using Prehension

  • The main meaning on this page is: The act of grasping or gripping, especially with the hands. | According to Alfred North Whitehead, a type of universally acting perception that is not limited to living, self-conscious beings, and which involves an interconnectedness of the observer and the observed.
  • Useful related words include: grasping, taking hold, seizing, control.

Context around Prehension

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 18 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 1 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

term 1×

Often after:

indicates 1×

Sentence patterns with Prehension

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

the term prehension indicates that 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

for whitehead the 1×

Common sentence endings:

thing into itself 1×

Words around Prehension

Just before it in the word index:

prehensile 11 preheats 3 preheating 10 preheaters 2 preheated 21 preheat 75

Just after it in the word index:

prehispanic 2 prehistoric 254 prehistorical 3 prehistorically 2 prehistory 93 prehospital 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaai 6 aani 6 aarne 6 aarya 6 aasb 6 aasen 6

Corpus analysis for Prehension

  • In this selection, "prehension" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 18 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, term and indicates stand out and add context to how "prehension" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include the term prehension indicates that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "prehension" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with prehension

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

For Whitehead, the term "prehension" indicates that the perceiver actually incorporates aspects of the perceived thing into itself. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

For Whitehead, the term "prehension" indicates that the perceiver actually incorporates aspects of the perceived thing into itself. (18 words)

Example sentences (1)

For Whitehead, the term "prehension" indicates that the perceiver actually incorporates aspects of the perceived thing into itself.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "prehension" in a sentence?
An example: "For Whitehead, the term "prehension" indicates that the perceiver actually incorporates aspects of the perceived thing into itself." This page contains 1 example sentence with the word "prehension" from authentic English texts.
What does "prehension" mean?
Prehension means: The act of grasping or gripping, especially with the hands.
What are synonyms of "prehension"?
Common synonyms of "prehension" include: grasping, taking hold, seizing, control.
How many example sentences with "prehension" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 1 example sentence with "prehension", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.