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How to pronounce “apprehensive”
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Pronunciation guide for apprehensive
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of apprehensive with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- 3 Steps of Anxiety Overload — and How You Can Take Back Control
It could be they're excited, they're amped, they're apprehensive.
- Definition summary
- Anticipating something with anxiety, fear, or doubt; reluctant.
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How to pronounce apprehensive
3 Steps of Anxiety Overload — and How You Can Take Back Control

It could be they're excited, they're amped, they're apprehensive.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “apprehensive”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Anticipating something with anxiety, fear, or doubt; reluctant.
- (obsolete) Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one's intellect.
- [Noun]
- (grammar) A mood indicating an undesired outcome.
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