All 8 Uses of
comprehend
in
Uprising, by Margaret Peterson Haddix
- It was amazing that Bella could understand what he was saying, without comprehending a single word.†
p. 19.3comprehending = understanding
- "Tu es ale mol inem zelbikn seyder," the other girl said, which was totally incomprehensible.†
p. 21.0 *incomprehensible = 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.
- He held his arms out to bar the door and said something incomprehensible.†
p. 27.1
- The man stared at her blankly, uncomprehending and maybe a little afraid.†
p. 128.9uncomprehending = 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.
- Bella stood there, looking from Yetta to Jane, uncomprehending.†
p. 136.6
- Bella's face was still uncomprehending.†
p. 136.9
- "Yetta," the girl said, with a bunch of other incomprehensible words.†
p. 148.9incomprehensible = 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.
- It was too much to comprehend.†
p. 260.0comprehend = understand -- especially to understand it completely
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) 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."