Comprehend

[kɒmprɪ'hend] or [,kɑmprɪ'hɛnd]

Definition

(v. t.) To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.

(v. t.) To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply.

(v. t.) To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand.

Editor: Maynard

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Comprise, include, enclose, embrace, contain, embody, take in.[2]. Grasp (mentally), understand (fully), apprehend, conceive, imagine, see, discern, perceive, enter into the idea of, catch the idea of.

Typist: Shelley

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Comprise, embody, grasp, understand, conceive, apprehend, enclose, include,involve, embrace

ANT:Exclude, except, misunderstand

Editor: Lucia

Definition

v.t. to seize or take up with the mind to understand: to comprise or include.—ns. Comprehensibil′ity Comprehen′sibleness.—adj. Comprehen′sible capable of being understood.—adv. Comprehen′sibly.—n. Comprehen′sion power of the mind to understand: (logic) the intension of a term or the sum of the qualities implied in the term: the inclusion of Nonconformists within the Church of England.—adj. Comprehen′sive having the quality or power of comprehending much: extensive: full.—adv. Comprehen′sively.—n. Comprehen′siveness.

Edited by Karl

Examples

Typist: Rudy

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