All 3 Uses of
comprehend
in
Gifted Hands
- By reading so much, my vocabulary automatically improved along with my comprehension.†
p. 35.1comprehension = the understanding of something
- As I continued to read, my spelling, vocabulary, and comprehension improved, and my classes became much more interesting.†
p. 36.4 *
- It may seem strange, but when one is doing a job—no matter what the job is—it's hard to comprehend the importance of it.†
p. 205.6comprehend = 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."