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Comprehend Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Comprehend?
[v] get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
[v] to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" [v] include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group" Synonyms | Synonyms for Comprehend: apprehend | compass | cover | dig | embrace | encompass | get the picture | grasp | perceive | savvy Related Terms | Find terms related to Comprehend: absorb | accept | admit | appreciate | apprehend | assimilate | be acquainted with | be apprised of | be aware of | be cognizant of | be conscious of | be conversant with | be informed | be with one | catch | catch on | cognize | compass | complete | comprise | conceive | conceptualize | contain | count in | cover | dig | digest | discern | embody | embrace | encircle | enclose | encompass | envisage | envision | fathom | fill | fill in | fill out | follow | get | get hold of | get the drift | get the idea | get the picture | grasp | have | have information about | have it taped | have knowledge of | hold | include | incorporate | involve | ken | know | learn | make out | master | number among | occupy | perceive | possess | prehend | read | realize | receive | reckon among | reckon in | reckon with | recognize | savvy | see | seize | seize the meaning | sense | subsume | take | take in | take into account | take into consideration | take up | twig | understand | wot | wot of See Also | ache | apperceive | catch | catch on | cotton on | digest | divine | dream | feel | figure | find | get it | get onto | hallucinate | hear | hurt | include | intuit | latch on | listen | misperceive | pick up | receive | see | see through | sense | sight | smell | suffer | taste | touch | tumble | twig | understand Comprehend In Webster's Dictionary \Com`pre*hend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Comprehended};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Comprehending}.] [L. comprehendere,
comprehensum; com- + prehendere to grasp, seize; prae before
+ hendere (used only in comp.). See {Get}, and cf.
{Comprise}.]
1. To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states
comprehended in the Austrian Empire.
Who hath . . . comprehended the dust of the earth in
a measure. --Is. xl. 12.
2. To take in or include by construction or implication; to
comprise; to imply.
Comprehended all in this one word, Discretion.
--Hobbes.
And if there be any other commandment, it is briefly
comprehended in this saying. --Rom. xiii.
9.
3. To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to
apprehend the meaning of; to understand.
At a loss to comprehend the question. --W. Irwing.
Great things doeth he, which we can not comprehend.
--Job. xxxvii.
5.
Syn: To contain; include; embrace; comprise; inclose; grasp;
embody; involve; imply; apprehend; imagine; conceive;
understand. See {Apprehend}.
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