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apprehension
noun
1 apprehension
Fearful expectation or anticipation:
— The student looked around the examination room with apprehension.
synonyms: apprehensiveness, dread.
Roget 860:
fear,
timidity,
diffidence,
want of confidence;
apprehensiveness,
fearfulness
etc.
adj.;
solicitude,
anxiety,
care,
apprehension,
misgiving;
feeze [U.S.];
mistrust
etc.
(doubt)
485;
suspicion,
qualm;
hesitation
etc.
(irresolution)
605.
nervousness,
restlessness
etc.
adj.;
inquietude,
disquietude,
worry,
concern;
batophobia†;
heartquake†;
flutter,
trepidation,
fear and trembling,
perturbation,
tremor,
quivering,
shaking,
trembling,
throbbing heart,
palpitation,
ague fit,
cold sweat;
abject fear
etc.
(cowardice)
862;
mortal funk,
heartsinking†,
despondency;
despair
etc.
859.
fright;
affright,
affrightment†;
boof alarm [U.S.],
dread,
awe,
terror,
horror,
dismay,
consternation,
panic,
scare,
stampede
(of horses).
intimidation,
terrorism,
reign of terror.
[Object of fear]
bug bear,
bugaboo;
scarecrow;
hobgoblin
etc.
(demon)
980;
nightmare,
Gorgon,
mormo†,
ogre,
Hurlothrumbo†,
raw head and bloody bones,
fee-faw-fum,
bete noire [Fr.],
enfant terrible [Fr.].
alarmist
etc.
(coward)
862.
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Roget 490:
knowledge;
cognizance,
cognition,
cognoscence†;
acquaintance,
experience,
ken [Scot.],
privity†,
insight,
familiarity;
comprehension,
apprehension;
recognition;
appreciation
etc.
(judgment)
480;
intuition;
conscience,
consciousness;
perception,
precognition;
acroamatics†.
light,
enlightenment;
glimpse,
inkling;
glimmer,
glimmering;
dawn;
scent,
suspicion;
impression
etc.
(idea)
453;
discovery
etc.
480.1.
system of knowledge,
body of knowledge;
science,
philosophy,
pansophy†;
acroama†;
theory,
aetiology†,
etiology;
circle of the sciences;
pandect†,
doctrine,
body of doctrine;
cyclopedia,
encyclopedia;
school
etc.
(system of opinions)
484.
tree of knowledge;
republic of letters
etc.
(language)
560.
erudition,
learning,
lore,
scholarship,
reading,
letters;
literature;
book madness;
book learning,
bookishness;
bibliomania†,
bibliolatry†;
information,
general information;
store of knowledge
&c.;
education
etc.
(teaching)
537;
culture,
menticulture†,
attainments;
acquirements,
acquisitions;
accomplishments;
proficiency;
practical knowledge
etc.
(skill)
698;
liberal education;
dilettantism;
rudiments
etc.
(beginning)
66.
deep knowledge,
profound knowledge,
solid knowledge,
accurate knowledge,
acroatic knowledge†,
acroamatic knowledge†,
vast knowledge,
extensive knowledge,
encyclopedic knowledge,
encyclopedic learning;
omniscience,
pantology†.
march of intellect;
progress of science,
advance of science,
advance of learning;
schoolmaster abroad.
[person who knows much]
scholar
etc.
492.
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Roget 453:
idea,
notion,
conception,
thought,
apprehension,
impression,
perception,
image,
eidolon [Gr.],
sentiment,
reflection,
observation,
consideration;
abstract idea;
archetype,
formative notion;
guiding conception,
organizing conception;
image in the mind,
regulative principle.
view
etc.
(opinion)
484;
theory
etc.
514;
conceit,
fancy;
phantasy
etc.
(imagination)
515.
point of view
etc.
(aspect)
448;
field of view.
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Roget 665:
danger,
peril,
insecurity,
jeopardy,
risk,
hazard,
venture,
precariousness,
slipperiness;
instability
etc.
149;
defenselessness
etc.
adj.,
exposure
etc.
(liability)
177;
vulnerability;
vulnerable point,
heel of Achilles†;
forlorn hope
etc.
(hopelessness)
859.
[Dangerous course]
leap in the dark
etc.
(rashness)
863;
road to ruin,
faciles descensus Averni [Lat.]
[Vergil],
hairbreadth escape.
cause for alarm;
source of danger
etc.
667.
rock ahead
[Approach of danger],
breakers ahead;
storm brewing;
clouds in the horizon,
clouds gathering;
warning
etc.
668;
alarm
etc.
669.
[Sense of danger]
apprehension
etc.
860.
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Dutch: voorgevoel
2 apprehension
The cognitive condition of someone who understands.
synonyms: discernment, savvy, understanding.
Dutch: begrip, benul, besef, notie, onderkenning, verstajem
Polish: przytomność
3 apprehension
4 apprehension
The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal).
synonyms: arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody.
Roget 969:
lawsuit,
suit,
action,
cause;
litigation;
suit in law;
dispute
etc.
713.
citation,
arraignment,
prosecution,
impeachment;
accusation
etc.
938;
presentment,
true bill,
indictment.
apprehension,
arrest;
committal;
imprisonment
etc.
(restraint)
751.
writ,
summons,
subpoena,
latitat†,
nisi prius [Lat.];
venire,
venire facias pleadings [Lat.];
declaration,
bill,
claim;
proces verbal [Fr.];
bill of right,
information,
corpus delicti;
affidavit,
state of facts;
answer,
reply,
replication,
plea,
demurrer,
rebutter,
rejoinder;
surrebutter†,
surrejoinder†.
suitor,
party to a suit;
plaintiff,
defendant,
litigant
etc.
938.
hearing,
trial;
verdict
etc.
(judgment)
480;
appeal,
appeal motion;
writ of error;
certiorari [Lat.].
case;
decision,
precedent;
decided case,
reports
(legal reference works, see reference books)..
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Roget 789:
taking
etc.
v.;
reception
etc.
(taking in)
296;
deglutition
etc.
(taking food)
298;
appropriation,
prehension,
prensation†;
capture,
caption;
apprehension,
deprehension†;
abreption†,
seizure,
expropriation,
abduction,
ablation;
subtraction,
withdrawal
etc.
38;
abstraction,
ademption†;
adrolepsy†.
dispossession;
deprivation,
deprivement†;
bereavement;
divestment;
disherison†;
distraint,
distress;
sequestration,
confiscation;
eviction
etc.
297.
rapacity,
rapaciousness,
extortion,
vampirism;
theft
etc.
791.
resumption;
reprise,
reprisal;
recovery
etc.
775.
clutch,
swoop,
wrench;
grip
etc.
(retention)
781;
haul,
take,
catch;
scramble.
taker,
captor.
[Descent of one of the earth's crustal plates under another plate]
subduction [Geol.].
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Dutch: stilstand, grijpen, vastgrijpen, arrest, aanhouding, arrestatie
Polish: aresztowanie, zatrzymanie
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