apprehension
/æp.ɹiˈhɛn.ʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.09 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The wing would have been a severe obstruction to apprehension of an object on the ground."
- "The warrant had been issued for his apprehension on the charge of rioting."
- "When he told us that a large reward was offered by Sir Leicester Dedlock for the murderer's apprehension, I did not in my first consternation understand why; […]"
- "After video emerged of an aggressive apprehension of a teenager in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, McLaughlin claimed it was old video and didn’t involve ICE. She called it “a video from a burglary arrest Chicago Police made over a year ago.”"
- "We live on, and in living we lose the apprehension of life."
- "We think we get a kind of vague apprehension of what London means from the top of a 'bus better than anywhere else."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: *gʰed-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /æp.ɹiˈhɛn.ʃən/
- British English: /æp.ɹɪˈhɛn.ʃən/