immediate apprehension

7.9

A quick understanding you have without thinking

noun
/ɪˈmiːdiət ˌæprɪˈhɛnʃən/

: aprehensión inmediata

Her immediate apprehension of the problem allowed her to suggest a solution right away.

Examples

The child's immediate apprehension of the situation helped her to comfort her friend quickly.
According to the Random House Dictionary, intuition is "direct perception of truth, fact, etc., independent of any reasoning process; immediate apprehension."

Academic text (1995)
Through his immediate apprehension of the musical notes, he could play the song effortlessly.

Synonyms

intuition

vsimmediate apprehension

127 5.5

A quick feeling that something is true without thinking

is the instant awareness form rather than a general ability

apprehension

vsimmediate apprehension

6 5.5

Knowing what an idea or situation means

is the instant awareness rather than general understanding

intuitive feeling

vsimmediate apprehension

1 5.1

A quick sense that something is true without thinking

is instant awareness more cognitive than an instinctive sense

Antonyms

noncomprehension

8.1

A lack of understanding of instructions or ideas

How Immediate

intuition

127 5.5

immediate apprehension

7.9

insight

493 4.9

Surface Forms

immediate apprehension singular

immediate apprehensions plural

Morphology

immediate + apprehension

The noun phrase is a straightforward compositional combination: 'immediate' (occurring at once) modifies 'apprehension' (a cognitive grasp), yielding an instantly occurring understanding. This adjective+noun construction is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words can reliably infer the intended meaning.

Etymology

Immediate apprehension gives a simple image: a light turning on in your head the moment you see or hear something. Because immediate means right away and apprehension here means 'understanding' or 'awareness', the phrase describes knowing something at once without thinking.