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apprehendings

apprehendings is the plural of apprehending.

Meaning of apprehending

Noun

apprehending (plural apprehendings)

  1. An act by which something is apprehended.
    • Sensations then, are not perceivings, observings or findings; they are not detectings, scannings or inspectings; they are not apprehendings, cognisings, intuitings or knowings.2009, Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind: 60th Anniversary Edition, page 194

Questions about apprehendings

What is apprehendings the plural of?
Apprehendings is the plural of apprehending.

Words near apprehendings in the dictionary

  1. apprehenders
  2. apprehendest
  3. apprehendeth
  4. apprehending
  5. apprehendingly
  6. apprehendings
  7. apprehends
  8. apprehensibility
  9. apprehensible
  10. apprehensibly
  11. apprehension

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