All 5 Uses of
apprehension
in
Great Expectations
- All these things I saw without then knowing that I saw them, for I was in an agony of apprehension.
Chpt 5 (definition 1) *apprehension = worry
- I was not free from apprehension that he would come back to propound through the gate, "And sixteen?"
Chpt 8 (definition 1)
- As I walked on to the hotel, I felt that a dread, much exceeding the mere apprehension of a painful or disagreeable recognition, made me tremble.
Chpt 28 (definition 2) *apprehension = understanding
- —that this woman was so very artfully dressed from the time of her apprehension, that she looked much slighter than she really was; in particular, her sleeves are always remembered to have been so skilfully contrived that her arms had quite a delicate look.
Chpt 48 (definition 3)apprehension = capture
- I was not related to the outlaw, or connected with him by any recognizable tie; he had put his hand to no writing or settlement in my favor before his apprehension, and...
Chpt 55 (definition 3) *apprehension = capture and arrest
Definitions:
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(1) (apprehension as in: apprehension about finals) worry about what is to come
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(2) (apprehension as in: apprehension of the situation) to understand
or:
in psychology and philosophy: immediate awareness prior to analysis and judgment
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(3) (apprehension as in: apprehension of the criminal) the capture of a criminal