All 13 Uses
comprehend
in
New Moon
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- Uncomprehending, I raised the hand that wasn't wrapped around Edward's waist and reached out to touch her.†
Chpt 1uncomprehending = not understandingstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in uncomprehending means not and reverses the meaning of comprehending. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- No. I stared, uncomprehending, into his eyes.†
Chpt 3
- "Oh, the big bear," I said with sudden comprehension.†
Chpt 8comprehension = the understanding of something
- He saw the incomprehension in my face.†
Chpt 12incomprehension = lack of understanding of somethingstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incomprehension means not and reverses the meaning of comprehension. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- The word seemed out of place in my life right now, barely comprehensible, bizarre.†
Chpt 15
- I stared, uncomprehending.†
Chpt 15uncomprehending = not understandingstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in uncomprehending means not and reverses the meaning of comprehending. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- It took the length of one heartbeat for me to comprehend.†
Chpt 18comprehend = understand -- especially to understand it completely
- She looked at me, seeing the comprehension in my face.†
Chpt 19comprehension = the understanding of something
- But we have to get out of here before the Volturi—" Comprehension flickered on his face as I spoke.†
Chpt 20
- I couldn't comprehend what this human woman was doing here, totally at ease, surrounded by vampires.
Chpt 21 *comprehend = understand
- I could feel the blank incomprehension on my face.†
Chpt 23incomprehension = lack of understanding of somethingstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incomprehension means not and reverses the meaning of comprehension. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- More than you can comprehend.†
Chpt 23comprehend = understand -- especially to understand it completely
- His words were incomprehensible, because they were impossible.†
Chpt 23incomprehensible = not understandablestandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incomprehensible means not and reverses the meaning of comprehensible. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
Definitions:
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(1)
(comprehend) to understand something -- especially to understand it completely
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely (and more frequently in the past), comprehend can mean to include as part of something broader. That was the first sense of the word listed in Webster's Dictionary of 1828 with this sample sentence: "The empire of Great Britain comprehends England, Scotland and Ireland, with their dependencies."