apprehension

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noun

1. fearful expectation or anticipation (Freq. 5)
- the student looked around the examination room with apprehension
• Syn:
apprehensiveness, dread
• Derivationally related forms:
dread (for: dread), apprehensive (for: apprehensiveness), apprehend
• Hypernyms:
fear, fearfulness, fright
• Hyponyms:
trepidation, foreboding, premonition, presentiment, boding,
boding, gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness,
chill, pall
2. the cognitive condition of someone who understands (Freq. 3)
- he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect
• Syn:
understanding, discernment, savvy
• Derivationally related forms:
savvy (for: savvy), apprehend, understand (for: understanding)
• Hypernyms:
knowing
• Hyponyms:
comprehension, self-knowledge, smattering, appreciation, grasp,
hold, grasping, hindsight, insight, brainstorm, brainwave,
realization, realisation, recognition
3. painful expectation
• Syn:
misgiving
• Derivationally related forms:
misgive (for: misgiving), apprehend
• Hypernyms:
expectation, outlook, prospect
4. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar
• Syn:
arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody
• Derivationally related forms:
collar (for: collar), catch (for: catch), arrest (for: arrest), apprehend
• Hypernyms:
capture, gaining control, seizure

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody, misgiving, understanding, discernment, savvy, apprehensiveness, dread