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Comprehension
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What's The Definition Of Comprehension?
[n] the act of comprising something
[n] 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" [n] the relation of comprising something; "he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work" Synonyms | Synonyms for Comprehension: inclusion Related Terms | Find terms related to Comprehension: admissibility | admission | apprehension | assimilation | caliber | capacity | clairvoyance | command | completeness | comprehensiveness | comprisal | conception | conceptualization | coverage | deductive power | eligibility | embodiment | embracement | encompassment | envisagement | esemplastic power | exhaustiveness | foreknowledge | grasp | grip | ideation | inclusion | inclusiveness | incorporation | integrative power | intellect | intellection | intellectual grasp | intellectual power | intellectualism | intellectuality | intelligence | intelligence quotient | IQ | knowledge | mastery | membership | mental age | mental capacity | mental grasp | mental ratio | mentality | mother wit | native wit | openness | participation | power of mind | precognition | prehension | rationality | reasoning power | reception | sanity | savvy | scope of mind | sense | thinking power | tolerance | toleration | understanding | whole | wisdom | wit See Also | apprehension | discernment | inclusion | involvement | savvy | understanding Comprehension In Webster's Dictionary \Com`pre*hen"sion\, n. [L. comprehensio: cf. F.
compr['e]hension.]
1. The act of comprehending, containing, or comprising;
inclusion.
In the Old Testament there is a close comprehension
of the New; in the New, an open discovery of the
Old. --Hooker.
2. That which is comprehended or inclosed within narrow
limits; a summary; an epitome. [Obs.]
Though not a catalogue of fundamentals, yet . . . a
comprehension of them. --Chillingworth.
3. The capacity of the mind to perceive and understand; the
power, act, or process of grasping with the intellect;
perception; understanding; as, a comprehension of abstract
principles.
4. (Logic) The complement of attributes which make up the
notion signified by a general term.
5. (Rhet.) A figure by which the name of a whole is put for a
part, or that of a part for a whole, or a definite number
for an indefinite.
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