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Definition of Apprehension
1. Noun. Fearful expectation or anticipation. "The student looked around the examination room with apprehension"
Exact synonyms: Apprehensiveness, Dread
Generic synonyms: Fear, Fearfulness, Fright
Specialized synonyms: Trepidation, Boding, Foreboding, Premonition, Presentiment, Suspense, Gloom, Gloominess, Somberness, Sombreness, Chill, Pall
Derivative terms: Apprehend, Apprehensive, Apprehensive, Dread, Dread
Generic synonyms: Fear, Fearfulness, Fright
Specialized synonyms: Trepidation, Boding, Foreboding, Premonition, Presentiment, Suspense, Gloom, Gloominess, Somberness, Sombreness, Chill, Pall
Derivative terms: Apprehend, Apprehensive, Apprehensive, Dread, Dread
2. Noun. The cognitive condition of someone who understands. "He has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"
Exact synonyms: Discernment, Savvy, Understanding
Generic synonyms: Knowing
Specialized synonyms: Comprehension, Self-knowledge, Smattering, Appreciation, Grasp, Hold, Grasping, Hindsight, Brainstorm, Brainwave, Insight, Realisation, Realization, Recognition
Derivative terms: Apprehend, Savvy, Understand, Understand
Generic synonyms: Knowing
Specialized synonyms: Comprehension, Self-knowledge, Smattering, Appreciation, Grasp, Hold, Grasping, Hindsight, Brainstorm, Brainwave, Insight, Realisation, Realization, Recognition
Derivative terms: Apprehend, Savvy, Understand, Understand
3. Noun. Painful expectation.
Exact synonyms: Misgiving
Generic synonyms: Expectation, Outlook, Prospect
Derivative terms: Apprehend, Misgive
Generic synonyms: Expectation, Outlook, Prospect
Derivative terms: Apprehend, Misgive
4. Noun. The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal). "The policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
Exact synonyms: Arrest, Catch, Collar, Pinch, Taking Into Custody
Generic synonyms: Capture, Gaining Control, Seizure
Derivative terms: Apprehend, Arrest, Catch, Collar
Generic synonyms: Capture, Gaining Control, Seizure
Derivative terms: Apprehend, Arrest, Catch, Collar
Definition of Apprehension
1. n. The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.
Definition of Apprehension
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