apprehension

ap·pre·hen·sion  (pr-hnshn)

n.

1. Fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future; dread.

2. The act of seizing or capturing; arrest.

3. The ability to apprehend or understand; understanding.

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[Middle English apprehencioun, perception, from Old French apprehension, from Late Latin apprehnsi, apprehnsin-, from Latin apprehnsus, past participle of apprehendere, to seize; see apprehend.]

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apprehension

Noun

1. anxiety or dread

2. the act of arresting

3. understanding

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	apprehension - fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension" apprehensiveness, dread fear, fearfulness, fright - an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) trepidation - a feeling of alarm or dread boding, foreboding, premonition, presentiment - a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case" suspense - apprehension about what is going to happen gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness - a feeling of melancholy apprehension pall, chill - a sudden numbing dread
	2.	apprehension - the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect" discernment, savvy, understanding knowing - a clear and certain mental apprehension comprehension - an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result); "how you can do that is beyond my comprehension"; "he was famous for his comprehension of American literature" self-knowledge - an understanding of yourself and your goals and abilities smattering - a slight or superficial understanding of a subject appreciation, grasp, hold - understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices" grasping - understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings" hindsight - understanding the nature of an event after it has happened; "hindsight is always better than foresight" brainstorm, brainwave, insight - the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation realization, realisation, recognition - coming to understand something clearly and distinctly; "a growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden recognition of the problem he faced"; "increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases"
	3.	apprehension - painful expectation misgiving expectation, outlook, prospect - belief about (or mental picture of) the future
	4.	apprehension - the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" arrest, taking into custody, pinch, collar, catch capture, gaining control, seizure - the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property

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apprehension

noun 1. anxiety, concern, fear, worry, doubt, alarm, suspicion, dread, unease, mistrust, misgiving, disquiet, premonition, trepidation, foreboding, uneasiness, pins and needles, apprehensiveness << OPPOSITE confidence

noun 2. arrest, catching, capture, taking, seizure << OPPOSITE release

noun 3. awareness, understanding, knowledge, intelligence, ken, perception, grasp, comprehension << OPPOSITE incomprehension

Translations

apprehension [æprɪˈhɛnʃən] n (= fear) → aprensión f

apprehension [æprɪˈhɛnʃən] n → appréhension f, inquiétude f

apprehension [æprɪˈhɛnʃən] apprehend n (fear) → Besorgnis f;

(arrest) → Festnahme f

apprehension [æprɪˈhɛnʃən] n (= fear) → inquietudine f