apprehension
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apprehension
- /æp.ɹɪˈhɛn.ʃən/ UK
- /æp.ɹiˈhɛn.ʃən/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin apprehensio, apprehensionis, compare with French appréhension. See apprehend.
noun apprehensions
- The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing. The wing would have been a severe obstruction to apprehension of an object on the ground.
- The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest. The warrant had been issued for his apprehension on the charge of rioting.
- Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment We live on, and in living we lose the apprehension of life.
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Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
We think we get a kind of vague apprehension of what London means from the top of a 'bus better than anywhere else.
Similar: notion
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The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
Strangers of limited information and dull apprehension were sometimes observed not to know what a Powler was.
Similar: awareness, consciousness, sense · Opposite: inapprehension
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Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.
Every circumstance which evinced the savage nature of the beings at whose mercy I was, augmented the fearful apprehensions that consumed me.
Similar: alarm, trepidation · Opposite: calm, peace of mind
Similar: apprehension, misgiving, qualm, trepidation · Opposite: inapprehension
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: arrest, catch, savvy, pinch, discernment, understanding, apprehensiveness, misgiving, dread, collar, capture, seizure, apprehend, apprehending, takedown, arrested
noun
Similar: apprehension, misgiving, qualm, trepidation · Opposite: inapprehension
Translations
Every language
noun seizure
| 中文 | 捕捉 bǔzhuō |
|---|---|
| Português | apreensão |
| Deutsch | Greifen, Ergreifen, Fassen, Anfassen, Nehmen |
| Русский | хвата́ние xvatánije |
noun arrest
| Español | arresto |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 捕捉 hosoku |
| 中文 | 捕捉 bǔzhuō, 逮捕 dàibǔ |
| Português | apreensão |
| Deutsch | Festnahme |
| Română | arestare, arest |
| Русский | задержа́ние zaderžánije, аре́ст arést |
noun act of grasping with the intellect
| Português | apreensão |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Auffassung, Begreifen, Verstehen, Erfassung |
| Română | înțelegere, concepție, pricepere |
| Русский | понима́ние ponimánije, осмысле́ние osmyslénije, постижение postiženije |
noun opinion
| Deutsch | Idee, Vorstellung, Ansicht, Meinung, Ahnung, Auffassung |
|---|---|
| Română | opinie, idee, părere |
| Русский | мне́ние mnénije, представле́ние predstavlénije |
noun faculty by which ideas are conceived
| Deutsch | Verstand, Verständnis, Auffassungsgabe, Fassungskraft, Auffassungskraft, Fassungsgabe |
|---|---|
| Română | înțelegere |
| Русский | понима́ние ponimánije |
noun distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil
| Español | aprensión |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 憂慮 /忧虑 yōulǜ, 擔心 /担心 dānxīn, 恐懼 /恐惧 kǒngjù |
| Português | apreensão |
| Deutsch | Befürchtung, Besorgnis, Vorahnung, Angst, Furcht, Sorge |
| Italiano | apprensione |
| Română | aprehensiune |
| Русский | опасе́ние opasénije, предчу́вствие predčúvstvije |
Talk about this word "apprehension." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/apprehension. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. apprehension. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/apprehension "apprehension." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/apprehension.Cite this
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title = {apprehension},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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