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apprehension

English

  1. 🔊 the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
    “the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar”
  2. 🔊 painful expectation
  3. 🔊 fearful expectation or anticipation
    “the student looked around the examination room with apprehension”
  4. 🔊 the cognitive condition of someone who understands
    “he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 aprehensión apprehension
  2. 🔊 temor apprehension
  3. 🔊 aprensión apprehension, misgiving, anxiety

Similar words

arrest catch collar pinch taking into custody understanding discernment savvy misgiving apprehensiveness dread iq pyrrhonism abduction agitation alarm all-overs angst anxiety anxiety hysteria anxiety neurosis anxious bench anxious concern anxious seat