Apprehension
noun
Fear about what might happen next.
She had some apprehension about the upcoming conference.
Often appears as...
- sense of apprehension
- apprehension about the future
noun
Capture or arrest someone.
The apprehension of the criminal was a major victory for the police.
Often appears as...
- apprehension of suspects
- apprehension by police
noun
Understanding or realisation of something.
His apprehension about the situation revealed his political savvy.
Often appears as...
- apprehension of the situation
- greater apprehension
noun
Fear about what might happen next.
She had some apprehension about the upcoming conference.
Often appears as...
- sense of apprehension
- apprehension about the future
noun
Capture or arrest someone.
The apprehension of the criminal was a major victory for the police.
Often appears as...
- apprehension of suspects
- apprehension by police
noun
Understanding or realisation of something.
His apprehension about the situation revealed his political savvy.
Often appears as...
- apprehension of the situation
- greater apprehension
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Conveys a less intense fear, often mixed with anticipation or curiosity.
His apprehension about the haunted house was tinged with excitement.
Pro Tip 2/3Future Uncertainty
Used when someone is uneasy about something that has yet to occur.
She waited for her test results with a growing sense of apprehension.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Dread
Indicates a quiet dread or concern, not necessarily overwhelming or immediate.
There was a slight apprehension in the crowd as the sky darkened.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Conveys a less intense fear, often mixed with anticipation or curiosity.
His apprehension about the haunted house was tinged with excitement.
Pro Tip 2/3Future Uncertainty
Used when someone is uneasy about something that has yet to occur.
She waited for her test results with a growing sense of apprehension.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Dread
Indicates a quiet dread or concern, not necessarily overwhelming or immediate.
There was a slight apprehension in the crowd as the sky darkened.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Conveys a less intense fear, often mixed with anticipation or curiosity.
His apprehension about the haunted house was tinged with excitement.
Pro Tip 2/3Future Uncertainty
Used when someone is uneasy about something that has yet to occur.
She waited for her test results with a growing sense of apprehension.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Dread
Indicates a quiet dread or concern, not necessarily overwhelming or immediate.
There was a slight apprehension in the crowd as the sky darkened.
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Why bother leaving the...
you'll appreciate the sense of apprehension, as I sat in a helicopter thundering north, and the sense, I think if anything, of impending doom. I sat there wondering what on Earth I had gotten myself into. There was a bit of fun, a bit of joy. I was 26. I remember sitting there looking down at my sledge. I had my skis ready to go,
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Erika Pinheiro: What's...
if we want migrants to be treated humanely. This administration would have you believe that we have to separate families and we have to detain children, because it will stop more refugees from coming to our borders. But we know that this isn't true. In fact, in 2019, the number of apprehensions at our southern border
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Capturing the Year in an...
wearing face shields and sitting spaced out and kind of that just like apprehension in this one little girl's face that she's looking at her teacher of like oh is this what the world is now i'm a father and i have a daughter which is now seven years old and you know like since last year she's been studying at home
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Liz Diller: Architecture...
are all replaced by a kind of attenuated attention that's sustained by a sense of apprehension caused by the fog. And this is very much like how the Victorian novel used fog in this way. So here the world is put out of focus, while our visual dependence is put into focus.
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Wes Moore: How to talk...
And those were the ones who were even curious enough to say anything. Because sometimes there's this fear and there's this apprehension that if I say anything, I'm afraid I'll offend, or I'm afraid I'll trigger something, so the common default is just saying nothing.
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Two Bodies Spotted PIPE...
in apprehensions in some areas as proof of Defense's success but opponents suggested only pushes immigrants farther east into the more treacherous desert terrain not only does this make the journey more dangerous for the immigrants but also more difficult for
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The incredible,...
As the herd of unknown elephants approaches, trunks from both herds rise into the air, sounding trumpets of alarm. But upon recognition, apprehension quickly gives way to happy rumbles. Members from each herd recognize each other despite time apart,
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A stealthy reimagining...
It would be a meditation on the unprecedented speed of change of the postindustrial city, its winners and losers. And it would embody a sense of nostalgia we feel for an irretrievable past and apprehension about an alienating future.
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Unexpected Checkpoint PIPE...
I'm felt nervous a lot of apprehension but you can't let it show or you're just tipping them off through what you're doing I was thinking just keep your eyes ahead again don't look at anybody because you're gonna be in a world of
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What is Technological...
one of the apprehensions that people have about this technological singularity which is really a metaphor the metaphor borrowed from physics to describe what happens when you go
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Why bother leaving the...
you'll appreciate the sense of apprehension, as I sat in a helicopter thundering north, and the sense, I think if anything, of impending doom. I sat there wondering what on Earth I had gotten myself into. There was a bit of fun, a bit of joy. I was 26. I remember sitting there looking down at my sledge. I had my skis ready to go,
Video examples
Erika Pinheiro: What's...
if we want migrants to be treated humanely. This administration would have you believe that we have to separate families and we have to detain children, because it will stop more refugees from coming to our borders. But we know that this isn't true. In fact, in 2019, the number of apprehensions at our southern border
Video examples
Capturing the Year in an...
wearing face shields and sitting spaced out and kind of that just like apprehension in this one little girl's face that she's looking at her teacher of like oh is this what the world is now i'm a father and i have a daughter which is now seven years old and you know like since last year she's been studying at home
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Liz Diller: Architecture...
are all replaced by a kind of attenuated attention that's sustained by a sense of apprehension caused by the fog. And this is very much like how the Victorian novel used fog in this way. So here the world is put out of focus, while our visual dependence is put into focus.
Video examples
Wes Moore: How to talk...
And those were the ones who were even curious enough to say anything. Because sometimes there's this fear and there's this apprehension that if I say anything, I'm afraid I'll offend, or I'm afraid I'll trigger something, so the common default is just saying nothing.
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Two Bodies Spotted PIPE...
in apprehensions in some areas as proof of Defense's success but opponents suggested only pushes immigrants farther east into the more treacherous desert terrain not only does this make the journey more dangerous for the immigrants but also more difficult for
Video examples
The incredible,...
As the herd of unknown elephants approaches, trunks from both herds rise into the air, sounding trumpets of alarm. But upon recognition, apprehension quickly gives way to happy rumbles. Members from each herd recognize each other despite time apart,
Video examples
A stealthy reimagining...
It would be a meditation on the unprecedented speed of change of the postindustrial city, its winners and losers. And it would embody a sense of nostalgia we feel for an irretrievable past and apprehension about an alienating future.
Video examples
Unexpected Checkpoint PIPE...
I'm felt nervous a lot of apprehension but you can't let it show or you're just tipping them off through what you're doing I was thinking just keep your eyes ahead again don't look at anybody because you're gonna be in a world of
Video examples
What is Technological...
one of the apprehensions that people have about this technological singularity which is really a metaphor the metaphor borrowed from physics to describe what happens when you go
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Rakul Preet Singh
Indian Actress
Bruce Lee' didn't work, and there were apprehensions about what the fans might say. People might have commented that Charan could have waited for some time before selecting me again. But that's what makes it a real achievement to me. People want to work with me because of the comfort level; nobody would work with you again otherwise.
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Amitabh Bachchan
Indian Actor
Yes, every venture is always filled with apprehensions. But if we were to conduct ourselves continuously on that aspect, then we would lose the most important reason to be in this profession: to challenge the art of and be part of what is commonly known as our creative instincts.
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Giordano Bruno
Italian Philosopher
The intellectual power is never at rest; it is never satisfied with any comprehended truth, but ever proceeds on and on towards that truth which is not comprehended. So also the will, which follows the apprehension; we see that it is never satisfied with anything finite.
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Maimonides
Spanish Philosopher
If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect.
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George Berkeley
Irish Philosopher
If we admit a thing so extraordinary as the creation of this world, it should seem that we admit something strange, and odd, and new to human apprehension, beyond any other miracle whatsoever.
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Solomon Ortiz
American Politician
As a father and grandfather, I have witnessed firsthand the joy of new life entering the world. I know the pain and apprehension that goes along with premature births and birth defects.
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Isaac Newton
English Mathematician
A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.
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Herbert Read
English Poet
Progress is measured by richness and intensity of experience - by a wider and deeper apprehension of the significance and scope of human existence.
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Alfred North Whitehead
English Mathematician
Human life is driven forward by its dim apprehension of notions too general for its existing language.
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Honore de Balzac
French Novelist
Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.
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Rakul Preet Singh
Indian Actress
Bruce Lee' didn't work, and there were apprehensions about what the fans might say. People might have commented that Charan could have waited for some time before selecting me again. But that's what makes it a real achievement to me. People want to work with me because of the comfort level; nobody would work with you again otherwise.
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Amitabh Bachchan
Indian Actor
Yes, every venture is always filled with apprehensions. But if we were to conduct ourselves continuously on that aspect, then we would lose the most important reason to be in this profession: to challenge the art of and be part of what is commonly known as our creative instincts.
Quote examples
Giordano Bruno
Italian Philosopher
The intellectual power is never at rest; it is never satisfied with any comprehended truth, but ever proceeds on and on towards that truth which is not comprehended. So also the will, which follows the apprehension; we see that it is never satisfied with anything finite.
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Maimonides
Spanish Philosopher
If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect.
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George Berkeley
Irish Philosopher
If we admit a thing so extraordinary as the creation of this world, it should seem that we admit something strange, and odd, and new to human apprehension, beyond any other miracle whatsoever.
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Solomon Ortiz
American Politician
As a father and grandfather, I have witnessed firsthand the joy of new life entering the world. I know the pain and apprehension that goes along with premature births and birth defects.
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Isaac Newton
English Mathematician
A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.
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Herbert Read
English Poet
Progress is measured by richness and intensity of experience - by a wider and deeper apprehension of the significance and scope of human existence.
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Alfred North Whitehead
English Mathematician
Human life is driven forward by its dim apprehension of notions too general for its existing language.
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Honore de Balzac
French Novelist
Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.
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