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 Definitions of apprehension  [ˌæp rɪˈhɛn ʃən]  

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Definition of 'apprehension' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) apprehension
suspicion or fear of future trouble; foreboding.

2.  apprehension
the faculty or act of understanding or perceiving.

3.  apprehension
a view, opinion, or idea on any subject.

4.  apprehension
the act of arresting; seizure.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME (< OF) < LL apprehēnsiō)

Definition of 'apprehension' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread
fearful expectation or anticipation
"the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"

2. (noun) understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
the cognitive condition of someone who understands
"he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"

3. (noun) apprehension, misgiving
painful expectation

4. (noun) apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody
the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
"the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"


Definition of 'apprehension' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) apprehension
the act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension

2. (noun) apprehension
the act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped

3. (noun) apprehension
the act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception

4. (noun) apprehension
opinion; conception; sentiment; idea

5. (noun) apprehension
the faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension

6. (noun) apprehension
anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil



'apprehension' - Nearby Entries  

apprehend  apprehender  apprehensible  apprehension  apprehensive  apprehensively  apprehensiveness  



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