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Definition of Comprehend
1. Verb. Get the meaning of something. "Sam and Sue comprehend the movie "; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
Exact synonyms: Apprehend, Compass, Dig, Get The Picture, Grasp, Grok, Savvy
Generic synonyms: Understand
Specialized synonyms: Figure, Catch On, Cotton On, Get It, Get Onto, Get Wise, Latch On, Tumble, Twig, Intuit, Digest
Derivative terms: Apprehender, Apprehensible, Apprehension, Apprehensive, Comprehendible, Comprehensible, Comprehension, Grasp, Grasping, Savvy
Generic synonyms: Understand
Specialized synonyms: Figure, Catch On, Cotton On, Get It, Get Onto, Get Wise, Latch On, Tumble, Twig, Intuit, Digest
Derivative terms: Apprehender, Apprehensible, Apprehension, Apprehensive, Comprehendible, Comprehensible, Comprehension, Grasp, Grasping, Savvy
2. Verb. To become aware of through the senses. "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"
Exact synonyms: Perceive
Specialized synonyms: Feel, Sense, Apperceive, Pick Up, Receive, Divine, Hallucinate, Misperceive, Catch, Pick Up, Dream, Ache, Hurt, Suffer, Smell, Touch, See, Sight, Spy, Hear, Listen, Taste, Find, See Through
Derivative terms: Comprehension, Perceiver, Perceptible, Perceptible, Perception, Perceptive
Specialized synonyms: Feel, Sense, Apperceive, Pick Up, Receive, Divine, Hallucinate, Misperceive, Catch, Pick Up, Dream, Ache, Hurt, Suffer, Smell, Touch, See, Sight, Spy, Hear, Listen, Taste, Find, See Through
Derivative terms: Comprehension, Perceiver, Perceptible, Perceptible, Perception, Perceptive
3. Verb. Include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory. "This should cover everyone in the group"
Exact synonyms: Cover, Embrace, Encompass
Related verbs: Address, Cover, Deal, Handle, Plow, Treat
Generic synonyms: Include
Derivative terms: Comprehension, Comprehensive, Comprehensive, Encompassment
Related verbs: Address, Cover, Deal, Handle, Plow, Treat
Generic synonyms: Include
Derivative terms: Comprehension, Comprehensive, Comprehensive, Encompassment
Definition of Comprehend
1. v. t. To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.
Definition of Comprehend
1. Verb. to cover, include, or contain ¹
2. Verb. to understand or grasp fully and thoroughly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Comprehend
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
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