Definitions for Apprehension
ˌæp rɪˈhɛn ʃənap·pre·hen·sion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. apprehension, apprehensiveness, dreadnoun

   fearful expectation or anticipation

   "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"

2. understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvynoun

   the cognitive condition of someone who understands

   "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"

3. apprehension, misgivingnoun

   painful expectation

4. apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custodynoun

   the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

   "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. apprehensionnoun

   The physical act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure.

2. apprehensionnoun

   The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.

3. apprehensionnoun

   The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.

4. apprehensionnoun

   Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.

5. apprehensionnoun

   The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.

6. apprehensionnoun

   Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; dread or fear at the prospect of some future ill.

7. Etymology: From apprehensio, compare with French appréhension. See apprehend.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Apprehensionnoun

   1.The mere contemplation of things, without affirming or denying any thing concerning them. So we think of a horse, high, swift, animal, time, matter, mind, death, &c. Isaac Watts

   Etymology: apprehensio, Lat.

   Simple apprehension denotes no more than the soul’s naked intellection of an object, without either composition or deduction. Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica, c. iv.

   2. Opinion; sentiments; concession.

   To be false, and to be thought false, is all one in respect of men who act not according to truth, but apprehension. South.

   The expressions of scripture are commonly suited in those matters to the vulgar apprehensions and conceptions of the place and people where they were delivered. John Locke, on St. Paul’s Ep.

   3. The faculty by which we conceive new ideas, or power of conceiving them.

   I nam’d them as they pass’d, and understood
   Their nature, with such knowledge God indu’d
   My sudden apprehension. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. viii.

   4. Fear.

   It behoveth that the world should be held in awe, not by a vain surmise, but a true apprehension of somewhat which no man may think himself able to withstand. Richard Hooker, b. v. § 2.

   And he the future evil shall no less
   In apprehension, that in substance, feel. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   The apprehension of what was to come from an unknown, at least unacknowledged successour to the crown, clouded much of that prosperity. Edward Hyde.

   After the death of his nephew Caligula, Claudius was in no small apprehension for his own life. Joseph Addison, on ancient Medals.

   5. Suspicion of something to happen, or be done.

   I’ll note you in my book of memory,
   And scourge you for this apprehension. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

   That he might take away the apprehension, that he meant suddenly to depart, he sent out orders, which he was sure would come into the enemies hands, to two or three villages next the house, that they should, by the next day noon, send proportions of corn into Basinghouse. Edward Hyde, b. viii.

   As they have no apprehension of these things, so they need no comfort against them. John Tillotson.

   6. Seizure.

   See that he be convey’d unto the tower:
   And go we brothers to the man that took him,
   To question of his apprehension. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

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1. apprehension

   Apprehension is a feeling of anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen. It can also refer to the act of understanding or comprehending something, or the act of arresting or capturing someone.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Apprehensionnoun

   the act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension

2. Apprehensionnoun

   the act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped

3. Apprehensionnoun

   the act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception

4. Apprehensionnoun

   opinion; conception; sentiment; idea

5. Apprehensionnoun

   the faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension

6. Apprehensionnoun

   anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Apprehension

   In psychology, apprehension is a term applied to a model of consciousness in which nothing is affirmed or denied of the object in question, but the mind is merely aware of it. "Judgment" "is an act of the mind, specifically different from simple apprehension or the bare conception of a thing". "Simple apprehension or conception can neither be true nor false." This distinction provides for the large class of mental acts in which we are simply aware of, or "take in" a number of familiar objects, about which we in general make no judgment, unless our attention is suddenly called by a new feature. Or again, two alternatives may be apprehended without any resultant judgment as to their respective merits. Similarly, G.F. Stout stated that while we have a very vivid idea of a character or an incident in a work of fiction, we can hardly be said in any real sense to have any belief or to make any judgment as to its existence or truth. With this mental state may be compared the purely aesthetic contemplation of music, wherein apart from, say, a false note, the faculty of judgment is for the time inoperative. To these examples may be added the fact that one can fully understand an argument in all its bearings, without in any way judging its validity. Without going into the question fully, it may be pointed out that the distinction between judgment and apprehension is relative. In every kind of thought, there is judgment of some sort in a greater or less degree of prominence.

Matched Categories

1. • Expectation
   • Fearfulness

How to pronounce Apprehension?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Apprehension in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Apprehension in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Apprehension in a Sentence

1. Rodrigo Catril:

   After we went home on Friday, Asian equities closed the week weaker... reflecting an increased level of apprehension on whether or not the U.S. and China can find an agreement to de-escalate their trade tensions ahead of the March 1st deadline, u.S.-led trade uncertainty along with increasing concerns over the extent of the current global growth slowdown has seen an increase in demand for core global bonds.

2. Alfred North Whitehead:

   Human life is driven forward by its dim apprehension of notions too general for its existing language.

3. Karen Young:

   The good news is that the government seems to be signaling that it wants to move on, on Saudi foreign policy and domestic politics, particularly toward citizen activists, there is still deep apprehension in the West.

4. Brenda Reddick:

   So once we actually got him with hostage negotiation, [and] we had the communication going, he calmed down, he was able to relay whatever information that we had to the brother, and everyone was able to have a safe, successful apprehension.

5. Tim Walz:

   Thank you to the law enforcement officers, including both local teams and our State Patrol troopers and Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agents, who worked to keep Albert Lea residents safe from further harm.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Apprehension
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Apprehension
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Apprehension
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Apprehension
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Apprehension