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preapprehensions

preapprehensions is the plural of preapprehension.

Meaning of preapprehension

Noun

preapprehension (plural preapprehensions)

  1. An apprehension or opinion formed before examination or knowledge.
    • shapes conformable to preapprehensions1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Questions about preapprehensions

What is preapprehensions the plural of?
Preapprehensions is the plural of preapprehension.

Words near preapprehensions in the dictionary

  1. preappointment
  2. preappointments
  3. preappoints
  4. preappraised
  5. preapprehension
  6. preapprehensions
  7. preapproval
  8. preapprovals
  9. preapprove
  10. preapproved
  11. preapproves

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