| anglais > français | |
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| apprehension | |
| 1. n. (Soutenu) Appréhension ; action de saisir les choses par l'esprit. | |
| As they explained it, slowly apprehension came to him. | |
| 2. n. (Soutenu) Appréhension, crainte, peur. | |
| Her apprehension of the situation was justified by the events that followed. | |
| 3. n. (Soutenu) (Justice) Appréhension, arrestation. | |
| The police succeeded in the apprehension of the runaway convict. | |
| anglais > anglais | |
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| apprehension | |
| 1. n. (rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing. |  |
| 2. n. (legal) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest. | |
| 3. n. perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment | |
| 4. n. Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea. | |
| 5. n. The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding. | |
| 6. n. Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; dread or fear at the prospect of some future ill. | |
