APPREHENSION


Meaning of APPREHENSION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌa-pri-ˈhen(t)-shən ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin apprehension-, apprehensio, from Latin apprehendere

Date: 14th century

1.

a. : the act or power of perceiving or comprehending

a person of dull apprehension

b. : the result of apprehending mentally : conception

according to popular apprehension

2. : seizure by legal process : arrest

apprehension of a criminal

3. : suspicion or fear especially of future evil : foreboding

an atmosphere of nervous apprehension

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.