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English 4 senses of the word *apprehension*:
NOUN	feeling	apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread	fearful expectation or anticipation
	cognition	apprehension, understanding, discernment, savvy	the cognitive condition / condition of someone who understands
	cognition	apprehension, misgiving	painful expectation
	act	apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody	the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

apprehension pronunciation
Sounds	ae.prihhheh'nshahn
Rhymes	Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn...

Englishapprehension: 4 senses noun 1, feeling
Meaning	fearful expectation or anticipation.
Example	"the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"
Synonyms	apprehensiveness, dread
Narrower	chill, pall	A sudden numbing dread
	foreboding, premonition, presentiment, boding	A feeling of evil to come
	gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness	A feeling of melancholy apprehension
	suspense	apprehension about what is going to happen / happen / happen
	trepidation	A feeling of alarm or dread
Broader	fear, fearfulness, fright	An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
Spanish	aprensión, pavor, recelo, temor, terror
Catalan	aprensió, basarda, por, recel, reguard, temença, temor, terror
Verbs	apprehend	anticipate with dread or anxiety

Englishapprehension: 4 senses noun 2, cognition
Meaning	The cognitive condition / condition of someone who understands.
Synonyms	understanding, discernment, savvy
Narrower	appreciation, grasp, hold	understanding of the nature or meaning / meaning or quality or magnitude of something
	comprehension	An ability to understand the meaning / meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result)
	grasping	understanding with difficulty
	hindsight	understanding the nature of an event after it has happened / happened
	insight, brainstorm, brainwave	The clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation
	realization, realisation, recognition	Coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
	self-knowledge	An understanding of yourself and your goals and abilities
	smattering	A slight or superficial understanding of a subject / subject
Broader	knowing	A clear and certain mental apprehension
Spanish	aprehensión, comprensión, discernimiento, entendimiento, sapiencia
Catalan	aprehensió, discerniment, percepció
Verbs	apprehend	get the meaning / meaning of something

Englishapprehension: 4 senses noun 3, cognition
Meaning	painful expectation.
Synonym	misgiving
Broader	expectation, outlook, prospect	belief about (or mental picture of) the future
Spanish	aprehensión, aprensión, desazón, duda, recelo
Catalan	aprensió, recel
Verbs	apprehend	anticipate with dread or anxiety

Englishapprehension: 4 senses noun 4, act
Meaning	The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal).
Synonyms	arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody
Broader	capture, gaining control, seizure	The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
Spanish	arresto, detención
Catalan	arrest, detenció
Verbs	apprehend	take into custody

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