Grammatical class

Verb

saisir

to take hold of; to grab

Details

Syllables

sai-sir

Phonetics

se.ziʁ

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

1580

Freq. (movies)

3994

Freq. (news)

3283

Sentences

Je commence à saisir l'idée.

I'm beginning to get the idea.

A1

Nous devons saisir l'occasion.

We should seize the opportunity.

A1

Tu dois saisir cette occasion.

You must capitalize on the opportunity.

A1

Veuillez saisir votre code PIN.

Please enter your PIN.

A1

Il me faut saisir l'opportunité.

I have to take the chance.

A2

Tu as dit que tu allais t'en saisir.

You said you were going to handle it.

A2

Claudio ne pouvait rien saisir.

Claudio couldn't type anything.

B1

Nous devons saisir cette opportunité.

We must take this opportunity.

B1

Vous feriez mieux de saisir cette occasion.

You had better make use of this opportunity.

B1

Il m'a fallu un certain temps pour saisir de quoi il parlait.

It took me a while to latch on to what he was talking about.

B1

On ordonna aux forces britanniques de saisir les armes.

The British forces were ordered to seize the weapons.

B2

Des siècles ont passé depuis qu'une seule personne pouvait saisir l'ensemble de la connaissance scientifique.

It's been hundreds of years since just one person could grasp the whole of scientific knowledge.

B2