comprehension
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The word comprehension means understanding. When you lack comprehension of a difficult word, you will likely need to look up its definition and usage in a cool, down-to-earth online dictionary!
Comprehension actually comes from the Latin term, comprehensionem, which means "a seizing." When you have comprehension of a subject, you have seized information and incorporated it into your own knowledge. Any kind of mental grasping of an idea or a subject is a kind of comprehension. You might attempt comprehension of a curious situation, like the fact that your goofy roommate always manages to date models. Sometimes, such mysteries are beyond comprehension!
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an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result)“how you can do that is beyond my comprehension”“he was famous for his comprehension of American literature”
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Antonyms:
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incomprehension
an inability to understand
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type of:
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apprehension, discernment, savvy, understanding
the cognitive condition of someone who understands
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incomprehension
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the relation of comprising something
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synonyms:
inclusion
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type of:
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involvement
a connection of inclusion or containment
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involvement
Vocabulary lists containing comprehension
Yusuf Azeem, a twelve-year-old Muslim boy in rural Texas, learns to face heartache and Islamaphobia ahead of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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