Canadian English Meaning of apprehension

apprehension

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Definitions and Meaning of apprehension in English

Wordnet

apprehension (n)

fearful expectation or anticipation

the cognitive condition of someone who understands

painful expectation

the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

Webster

apprehension (n.)

The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.

The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped.

The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.

Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.

The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension.

Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil.

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