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# apprehension

«apprehension» in Mova's school dictionary: **worry or fear that something bad might happen** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (apprehension, apprehensions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Apprehension is worry or fear that something bad might happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehension/#m1)

2) (formal) Apprehension is the arrest of someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehension/#m2)

3) (formal) Apprehension can also mean understanding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehension/#m3)

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

### note

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «apprehension» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehension/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.