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# apprehension

noun (apprehension, apprehensions)

«apprehension» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Apprehension is worry or fear that something bad might happen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehension/#m1)
2. (formal) Apprehension is the arrest of someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehension/#m2)
3. (formal) Apprehension can also mean understanding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehension/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories it shows a character's nervous feeling before something, like a test or a scary place. In news it means arrest. Phrases: feel apprehension, with apprehension, a sense of apprehension.

### Examples

- She felt apprehension before her first day at a new school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehension/#x1)
- With apprehension, he opened the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehension/#x2)
- The apprehension of the robber took weeks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehension/#x3)
- There was apprehension in his voice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehension/#x4)
- Talking to someone can ease apprehension. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehension/#x5)
- They waited for the results with apprehension. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehension/#x6)
- Her confusion changed to apprehension, her color from scarlet to white. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehension/#x7)

### Note

Mostly uncountable for the feeling. Adjective: apprehensive (worried). Similar: anxiety, unease, dread.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «apprehension» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehension/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«apprehension» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/apprehension.html) on Mova free.