Apprehension

Definitions

1. The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.
   countable, rare, uncountable
2. The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
   countable, uncountable
3. Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment
   countable, uncountable
4. Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
   countable, uncountable
5. The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
   countable, uncountable
6. Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

24 more languages

العربيةاعتقالالقلقضبط

Беларускаяарыштзатрыма́нне

Българскиарестмнениепредста́варазбиранесхващане+ 2 more

Bosanskiintelektišaretnazororopredstavaишаретпредстава+ 4 more

Češtinachápáníintelektnázorobavapochopenípojempředstavapředtuchazatčení+ 6 more

Ελληνικάφόβος

Suomiaavistuskäsityskiinniottaminenpidättäminenpidätysymmärrysymmärtäminen+ 4 more

עבריתתפיסה

हिन्दीगिरफ़्तारीसकुचाई

Hrvatskiintelektišaretnazororopredstavaишаретпредстава+ 4 more

Magyaraggodalomelfogás

Italianoapprensione

日本語危惧憂慮拘引捕捉気遣い理解力畏疑心疑懼+ 6 more

한국어검거구인나포체포+ 1 more

Latinaapprehensiospes

Nederlandsangstarrestatiebegrijpenbegripgezichtspuntgrijpenopiniesnappenvastgrijpenverstandvisievrees+ 9 more

Polskizatrzymanie

Portuguêsapreensão

Românăaprehensiunearestarestareconcepțieideeînțelegereopiniepărerepricepere+ 6 more

Русскийарестзадержаниемнениеопасе́ниеосмыслениепониманиепостижениепредставлениепредчувствие+ 6 more

Српскиintelektišaretnazororopredstavaишаретпредстава+ 4 more

Svenskafarhågafruktanoro

Tagalogpag-aresto

Українськаарештпобо́ювання

Examples

“The wing would have⟳ been a severe obstruction to apprehension of an object on the ground.”

“The warrant had been issued for his apprehension on the charge of rioting.”

“When he told us that a large reward⟳ was offered by Sir Leicester Dedlock for the murderer's apprehension, I did not in my first consternation understand⟳ why; […]”

“We live⟳ on, and in living we lose⟳ the apprehension of life.”

“We think⟳ we get⟳ a kind of vague apprehension of what London means from the top of a 'bus better than anywhere else.”

“Strangers of limited information and dull apprehension were sometimes observed not to know⟳ what a Powler was.”

“Every circumstance which evinced the savage nature of the beings at whose mercy I was, augmented the fearful apprehensions that consumed me.”

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