Usually means: Holds, understands, or controls something.
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  1. grasps: Merriam-Webster
  2. grasps: Collins English Dictionary
  3. grasps: Vocabulary.com
  4. Grasps, grasps: Wordnik
  5. grasps: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. grasps: Wiktionary
  7. grasps: Dictionary.com
  8. grasps: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. grasps: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. GRASPS: A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations

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Definitions from Wiktionary (GRASP)

verb:  To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
verb:  To understand.
verb:  To take advantage of something, to seize, to jump at a chance.
noun:  (sometimes figurative) Grip.
noun:  Understanding.
noun:  That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability.
noun:  (software, object-oriented design) Acronym of General Responsibility Assignment Software Patterns (or Principles). [(software, object-oriented design) Principle that consists of a set of guidelines for assigning responsibility to classes and objects.]
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