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APPREHENSION meaning: 1. worry about the future, or a fear that something unpleasant is going to happen: 2. an act of…. Learn more.
4 meanings: 1. fear or anxiety over what may happen 2. the act of capturing or arresting 3. the faculty of comprehending;.... Click for more definitions.
Apprehension is fear or anxiety about something, like the apprehension you feel about an upcoming test. Apprehension is also the capture of a criminal — that is, when the criminal is apprehended.
[uncountable, countable] worry or fear that something unpleasant may happen synonym anxiety There is growing apprehension that fighting will begin again. He watched the election results with some apprehension.
apprehensive: Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy. For a moment, Helen stood very still, her expression apprehensive, her hands rubbing the ball, exploring the slickness of the horsehide and the ridges of the stitching.
The meaning of APPREHENSIBLE is capable of being apprehended. How to use apprehensible in a sentence.
apprehensive in American English. (ˌæprəˈhɛnsɪv ) adjective. 1. able or quick to apprehend or understand. 2. having to do with perceiving or understanding. 3. anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy.
