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apprehension
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin apprehensio, apprehensionis, compare with French appréhension. See apprehend.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /æp.???h?n.??n/
- (US) IPA(key): /æp.?i?h?n.??n/
Noun
apprehension (countable and uncountable, plural apprehensions)
- (rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.
- 2006, Phil Senter, "Comparison of Forelimb Function between Deinonychus and Babiraptor (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridea)", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 26, no. 4 (Dec.), p. 905:
- The wing would have been a severe obstruction to apprehension of an object on the ground.
- 2006, Phil Senter, "Comparison of Forelimb Function between Deinonychus and Babiraptor (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridea)", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 26, no. 4 (Dec.), p. 905:
- (law) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
- perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment
- 1815, Percy Bysshe Shelley, "On Life," in A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays (1840 edition):
- We live on, and in living we lose the apprehension of life.
- 1815, Percy Bysshe Shelley, "On Life," in A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays (1840 edition):
- Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
- The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
- Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; dread or fear at the prospect of some future ill.
Usage notes
- Apprehension springs from a sense of danger when somewhat remote, but approaching; alarm arises from danger when announced as near at hand. Apprehension is less agitated and more persistent; alarm is more agitated and transient.
Synonyms
- (anticipation of unfavorable things): alarm
- (act of grasping with the intellect): awareness, sense
- See also Thesaurus:apprehension
Antonyms
- inapprehension
Related terms
Translations
References
- apprehension at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
apprehension From the web:
- what apprehension mean
- what does apprehension mean
cowardice
English
Etymology
From Middle English cowardise, from Anglo-Norman cuardise (modern French couardise).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kou??rd?s, IPA(key): /?ka??d?s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ka??d?s/
Noun
cowardice (countable and uncountable, plural cowardices)
- Lack of courage.
Synonyms
- cowardliness
- cowardness
- cowardship
Related terms
- coward
- cowardly
Translations
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- what's cowardice in french
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- cowardice what does it means
- cowardice what is opposite
- what is cowardice in war
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