Grasp
Grasp verb - To have a practical understanding of.
Master is a synonym for grasp in understand topic. In some cases you can use "Master" instead a verb "Grasp".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good grasp | good master |
| best | best grasp | best master |
| better | better grasp | better master |
| actual | actual grasp | actual master |
| Other adjectives: real, evil, bad, capable, ultimate, last, competent, greatest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Famed Taiji master Yang Lu Chan used to beat everyone with the same move: grasp the bird's tail.
Source: When All You Have Is a Hammer -
He seems to have even greater talent in other fields outside of politics than Vetinari, such as becoming a great master swordsmith in a fraction of the time it normally takes to learn the craft, but his grasp of psychology is lacking.
Source: Lawful Evil - They were born with something special: this character could have an instinctual grasp of the techniques that take other characters years to master, maybe he or she is a natural Lightning Bruiser with little to no training at all.
Source: The Gift
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