Meaning

6 senses
  1. The taking of something.

    (countable, rare, uncountable)The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.

    Greifen, Ergreifen, Fassen

    хвата́ниеxvatánije

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.

    Festnahme

    задержа́ниеzaderžánije, аре́стarést

    затри́манняzatrýmannja, заде́ржанняzadéržannja, аре́штaréšt

  3. The awareness of something

    (countable, uncountable)Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment

    Auffassung, Begreifen, Verstehen

    понима́ниеponimánije, осмысле́ниеosmyslénije, постижениеpostiženije

  4. (countable, uncountable)Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.

    Idee, Vorstellung, Ansicht

    мне́ниеmnénije, представле́ниеpredstavlénije

  5. (countable, uncountable)The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.

    Verstand, Verständnis, Auffassungsgabe

    понима́ниеponimánije

  6. (countable, uncountable)Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.

    Befürchtung, Besorgnis, Vorahnung

    опасе́ниеopasénije, предчу́вствиеpredčúvstvije

    побо́юванняpobójuvannja

More definitions
  • the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
  • painful expectation
  • fearful expectation or anticipation
  • the cognitive condition of someone who understands

Examples

24 sentences
  1. His apprehension greatly hinders his progress.

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  2. My worst apprehensions have come true.

    ruМои опасения подтвердились.

    deMeine schlimmsten Befürchtungen haben sich bewahrheitet.

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  3. His new theory is beyond my apprehension.

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  4. He seems to have apprehensions of age.

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  5. My apprehensions turned out to be justified.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
arrest:
distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil:
Русский
By meaning 5
seizure:
arrest:
act of grasping with the intellect:
opinion:
distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil:
Deutsch
By meaning 6
seizure:
arrest:
act of grasping with the intellect:
opinion:
faculty by which ideas are conceived:
distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin apprehensio, apprehensionis, compare with French appréhension. See app

Borrowed from Latin apprehensio, apprehensionis, compare with French appréhension. See apprehend.

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Forms

plural: apprehensions
Singularapprehension
Pluralapprehensions

regular

Synonyms

23 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

4 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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