Significado de apprehension en inglés

apprehension

noun [ C or U ]

/ˌæp.rɪˈhen.ʃən/ us

/ˌæp.rəˈhen.ʃən/

apprehension noun [C or U] (WORRY)

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worry about the future, or a fear that something unpleasant is going to happen:

It's normal to feel a little apprehension before starting a new job.

One or two people have expressed apprehension about the changes.

Despite her apprehensions, she accepted the offer.

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As it turned out, my apprehension was groundless.
There is apprehension that there may be an adverse effect on the number of patients treated.
There was great apprehension among experts over the space mission.
Despite progress in assuaging public apprehensions, some uncertainty still hangs over the future of wind power.

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apprehension noun [C or U] (CATCHING)

formal

an act of catching and arresting someone who has not obeyed the law:

Both the army and the police were involved in the apprehension of the terrorists.

The border patrol made over 1 million apprehensions last year.

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Several organisations cooperated in his apprehension.
As to the apprehension of offenders there are two important but sometimes contrasting public interest points.
When an individual crosses illegally four times and is apprehended four times, the border patrol records this as four apprehensions.

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apprehension noun [C or U] (UNDERSTANDING)

formal

the act of understanding something, or the way that something is understood:

A full apprehension of all that is involved is utterly beyond us.

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The poems are not “about” anything except the intuitive apprehension of how we actually “feel” language.
Popular apprehensions of anthropology and anthropologists are interwoven with ideas about the Other.

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(Definición de apprehension del Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

apprehension | Diccionario de Inglés Americano

apprehension

noun [ U ]

/ˌæp·rɪˈhen·ʃən/

apprehension noun [U] (WORRY)

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anxiety about the future; fear of something unpleasant happening:

I felt great apprehension over my first day at work.

apprehension noun [U] (TAKING HOLD)

the act of catching and putting a person under police control:

There’s an $8000 reward for the apprehension of the perpetrators.

(Definición de apprehension del Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Ejemplos de apprehension

apprehension

Aspirations and apprehensions towards the musical, academic and social aspects of college life were collected in addition to career aims, and the data analysed qualitatively to produce emergent themes.

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If rational fears, anxieties and apprehensions are to be removed, then more must be done.

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