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ap·pre·hen·sion
apprehension
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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
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definition 1: |
anxiety about future events.
Thoughts of the surgery filled her with apprehension.- synonyms:
- alarm, anxiety, apprehensiveness, dread, fear, misgiving, nervousness, the jitters
- antonyms:
- confidence
- similar words:
- care, concern, disquiet, foreboding, the creeps, trepidation, worry
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definition 2: |
the act or condition of understanding intuitively.
Their immediate apprehension of the seriousness of the problem was critical to solving it.He has little apprehension of how children learn.- synonyms:
- feeling, intuition, perception
- similar words:
- appreciation, cognition, cognizance, comprehension, grasp, insight, ken, realization, sense, understanding
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definition 3: |
the act of catching and placing under arrest.
The apprehension of the suspect took place this morning.- synonyms:
- arrest, collar
- similar words:
- capture, detainment, detention, restraint, seizure
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related words: |
anxiety, dismay, doubt, dread, horror, mind, mistrust, nerve, tension, tremor |
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