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Meanings of apprehension in English

Portuguese
arresto
Catalan
arrest
Spanish
detención

The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

        arresto
        Portuguese
        compreensão
        Catalan
        aprehensió
        Spanish
        sapiencia

        The cognitive condition of someone who understands.

              compreensão
              Portuguese
              medo
              Catalan
              recel
              Spanish
              temor

              Fearful expectation or anticipation.

                    medo
                    Portuguese
                    apreensão
                    Catalan
                    recel
                    Spanish
                    duda

                    Painful expectation.

                          apreensão
                          Usage of apprehension in English
                          1
                          Take Cork, city of past and future floods and much citizen apprehension.
                          The Irish Times
                          2
                          It makes me shudder; it freezes me; it fills me with apprehension.
                          The Last Woman
                          3
                          Brad sensed the apprehension in the others that he felt in himself.
                          The Universe — or Nothing
                          4
                          She welcomed the caseload review but said there was apprehension among members.
                          Radio NZ
                          5
                          There was no reason for the increased apprehension on this particular morning.
                          Watch them die
                          6
                          Iran has responded to previous U.S. troop deployments this year with apprehension.
                          Reuters
                          7
                          Our intention was to approach you after your apprehension in New York.
                          The usual suspects
                          8
                          She shivered; her glance moved again in apprehension to the night-enshrouded Pass.
                          The Rim of the Desert
                          9
                          To be completely honest, however, part of that shiver was from apprehension.
                          Murder most frothy
                          10
                          O.K., now we have a problem, the apprehension compounded with each instance.
                          Rock and Ice Magazine
                          11
                          The people were wild with enthusiasm; the authorities beside themselves with apprehension.
                          The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 10: 1566, part I
                          12
                          Perhaps more apprehension came from what she didn't know of her past.
                          Thief of lives
                          13
                          In this the monarch may be justified, at least in my apprehension.
                          The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 1
                          14
                          The entire hospital was in a state of feverish alarm and apprehension.
                          The Downfall
                          15
                          Her pale face revealed the consternation and the apprehension of the delinquent.
                          Dona Perfecta
                          16
                          Importantly, he views its future with a mixture of apprehension and anticipation.
                          The Irish Times
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                          Translations for apprehension
                          Apprehension through the time
                          Apprehension across language varieties
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Less common
                          Ireland
                          Less common