APPREHENSION
\ˌapɹɪhˈɛnʃən], \ˌapɹɪhˈɛnʃən], \ˌa_p_ɹ_ɪ_h_ˈɛ_n_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of APPREHENSION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"
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the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
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the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"
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painful expectation
By Princeton University
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fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"
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the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
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the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"
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painful expectation
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped.
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The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.
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Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
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The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension.
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Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil.
By Oddity Software
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The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped.
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The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.
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Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
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The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension.
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Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
