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- pronunciation:
- kam
pr
hend
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
comprehends, comprehending, comprehended |
| definition 1: |
to understand or grasp the meaning of.
I've read this paragraph many times, but I still can't comprehend it.No one comprehended the importance of this event at the time.- synonyms:
- apperceive, apprehend, catch, compass, get, grasp, perceive, realize, see, understand
- antonyms:
- misunderstand
- similar words:
- conceive, discern, fathom, follow, intuit, know, penetrate, savvy, seize, sense
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| definition 2: |
mentally or emotionally come to terms with or make logical sense of; grasp the reality of or reasons behind.
Who can comprehend such destruction?He still could not comprehend that his wife was dead and that she was not coming home.She tried to comprehend how this terrible thing could have happened to her.- synonyms:
- fathom, grasp
- similar words:
- accept, understand
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| definition 3: |
to include.
The engineering profession comprehends many disciplines.- synonyms:
- contain, embrace, encompass, include
- antonyms:
- exclude
- similar words:
- cover, embody, subsume
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| related words: |
absorb, appreciate, apprehend, comprise, decipher, digest, encompass, interpret, learn, tumble, understand |
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| derivation: |
comprehendible (adj.) |
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