comprendere

Definitions of comprendere
  1. verb
    include or contain; have as a component
    synonyms: adunare, chiudere, contenere, racchiudere
  2. verb
    contain or include
    synonyms: adunare, chiudere, contenere, racchiudere
  3. verb
    know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
    synonyms: capire, intendere
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    afferrare, imbracciare, pigliare
    get the meaning of something
    capire, conoscere, sapere
    make sense of a language
    capire, intendere, interpretare, leggere
    make sense of; assign a meaning to
    leccare, sbrogliare, sgombrare, spicciare
    find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
    infiltrarsi, penetrare, profondarsi
    come to understand
    allignare, attecchire
    understand, usually after some initial difficulty
    assimilare, digerire, ingozzare, smaltire, sopportare, tollerare, trangugiare
    arrange and integrate in the mind
    allucinare, confondersi, fraintendere
    interpret in the wrong way
    spiritualizzare
    give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense
    capire, intendere, interpretare, leggere
    interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
    leggere
    interpret something that is written or printed
    leggere
    obtain data from magnetic tapes
    risolvere, scomporre
    understand the meaning of
    argomentare, inferire
    guess correctly; solve by guessing
  4. verb
    be understanding of
    synonyms: capire, concepire
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