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comprehend
/ Ė°ģɳ¾±č°łÉŖĖ³óɲŌ»å /
verb
to perceive or understand
(tr) to comprise or embrace; include
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- comprehender noun
- comprehendingly adverb
- noncomprehending adjective
- noncomprehendingly adverb
- precomprehend verb (used with object)
- self-comprehending adjective
- uncomprehended adjective
- uncomprehending adjective
- uncomprehendingly adverb
- well-comprehended adjective
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of comprehend1
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of comprehend1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
As we memorialize Brian Wilsonās death on Wednesday at age 82, it is difficult to comprehend the vast extent of his musical legacy.
The glory was hard to comprehend and Slegers, usually so composed, could not prevent the outpouring of emotion.
āWe couldnāt comprehend it. They put us through metal detectors and our whole bodies were scanned. We had to stand naked in front of the police women and let them check us out.ā
Clearly, traditional human media ā our journals, books and articles ā are wholly inadequate to the task of tracking, let alone comprehending, the exponential trajectory we are witnessing.
Given the present political atmosphere, itās easy to comprehend why the machinations surrounding this papal conclave were more of a culture-wide watch today than they might have been last autumn, let alone eight years ago.
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Related 51³Ō¹Ļs
- appreciateĢż
- assimilateĢż
- discernĢż
- envisionĢż
- fathomĢż
- graspĢż
When To Use
To comprehend something is to grasp it with the mind. How is comprehend different from know and understand? Learn more on Thesaurus.com.
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