Comprehension Definition

kŏmprĭ-hĕnshən
noun
The fact of including or comprising; inclusiveness.
Webster's New World
The act of grasping with the mind.
Webster's New World
Understanding or knowledge that results from this.
Webster's New World
Capacity to include.
American Heritage
The capacity for understanding ideas, facts, etc.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Comprehension

Noun

Singular:
comprehension
Plural:
comprehensions

Origin of Comprehension

  • Middle English comprehensioun from Latin comprehēnsiō comprehēnsiōn- from comprehēnsus past participle of comprehendere to comprehend comprehend

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French compréhension.

    From Wiktionary

Comprehension Sentence Examples

  • Comprehension unknotted his brows.

  • She searched his face for some indication of comprehension, eventually finding it only in his voice.

  • Comprehension put a twinkle in his eyes.

  • Without assigning to each element its due value, no sound comprehension of his modes of thought can be attained.

  • Salvation is the comprehension of this fact, and in the apprehension of our essential oneness with the absolute.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOM

Words Ending With

NONION

Unscrambles

comprehension

Words Starting With C and Ending With N

Starts With C & Ends With NStarts With CO & Ends With NStarts With C & Ends With ON

Word Length

13 Letter Words13 Letter Words Starting With C13 Letter Words Ending With N