apprehension betydelse and definition

Betydelse av apprehension på svenska

• 0 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.

• 1 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.

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

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

• 3 anxiety about the future; fear of something unpleasant happening:

  • I felt great apprehension over my first day at work.

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

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