comprehension

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/ˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/ (UK)

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/ˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/ (UK) · /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/ (US) · /ˌkɔmpɹɪˈhenʃn̩/

Definition of comprehension

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(countable, uncountable)A thorough understanding.

“Students will be tested on their comprehension of sentences in the foreign language.”
“What appeal to him are the broad visions, the specious comprehension of the social order as a whole which a planned system promises.”

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noun

(countable, uncountable)A thorough understanding.

“Students will be tested on their comprehension of sentences in the foreign language.”
“What appeal to him are the broad visions, the specious comprehension of the social order as a whole which a planned system promises.”
(countable, uncountable)The totality of intensions, that is, attributes, characters, marks, properties, or qualities, that the object possesses, or else the totality of intensions that are pertinent to the context of a given discussion.
(countable, uncountable)A compact syntax for generating a collection in some programming languages, traditionally lists in functional programming languages.
(countable, uncountable)The inclusion of nonconformists within the Church of England.
(countable, uncountable)Reading comprehension.

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Borrowed from Middle French compréhension, from Latin comprehēnsiō (“taking together”), from com- (“with, together”) + prehendō (“take”).

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