apprehension

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin apprehensio, apprehensionis, compare with French appréhension. See apprehend. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /æp.ɹɪˈhɛn.ʃən/ (US) IPA(key): /æp.ɹiˈhɛn.ʃən/ === Noun === apprehension (countable and uncountable, plural apprehensions) The taking of something. (rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing. Synonyms: grab, seizure Antonym: release 2006, Phil Senter, "Comparison of Forelimb Function between Deinonychus and Babiraptor (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridea)", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 26, no. 4 (Dec.), p. 905: The wing would have been a severe obstruction to apprehension of an object on the ground. (law) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest. Synonyms: capture, taking Antonym: release The awareness of something Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea. Synonym: notion The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding. Synonyms: awareness, consciousness, sense Antonym: inapprehension Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future. Synonyms: alarm, trepidation, see also: Thesaurus:apprehension Antonyms: calm, peace of mind ==== Usage notes ==== Apprehension springs from a sense of danger when somewhat remote, but approaching; alarm arises from danger when announced as near at hand. Apprehension is less agitated and more persistent; alarm is more agitated and transient. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “apprehension”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “apprehension”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.