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com·pre·hen·sion

comprehension

 
pronunciation:
kam pr hen shn
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: the act, process, or product of comprehending; understanding.
synonyms:
knowing, understanding
similar words:
apperception, apprehension, cognition, discernment, enlightenment, grasp, grip, insight, intellect, knowledge, penetration, perception, perspicacity, realization, savvy, wisdom
definition 2: the ability to comprehend.
beyond our comprehension
synonyms:
grasp, intellect, intelligence
antonyms:
blindness
similar words:
cognizance, consciousness, discernment, insight, penetration, perception, perspicacity, savvy, sense
definition 3: the state or fact of being comprehensive; inclusion or inclusiveness.
synonyms:
comprehensiveness, inclusion, inclusiveness
similar words:
broadness
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adjective + (n.)comprehension accurate, advanced, auditory, basic, cognitive, content, correct, decoding, deeper, distinct, historical, improved, improving, inferential, intellectual, linguistic, listening, literal, mean, mechanical, musical, oral, rational, standardized, sudden, verbal, visual  [See all][See only the most frequent]
verb + (n.)comprehension affect, aid, assess, assist, correlate, defy, demonstrate, dig, enhance, ensure, evaluate, facilitate, improve, measure, monitor, nod, predict, promote, read, relate, test  [See all][See only the most frequent]
(n.)comprehension + verb administer, dawn, score, spell
noun + (n.)comprehension Help accuracy, achievement, arithmetic, awareness, confusion, decoding, depth, difficulty, discrimination, ease, factor, fluency, grade, grammar, identification, idiom, intelligibility, knowledge, lack, language, learning, level, literacy, measure, metaphor, passage, performance, phonics, plot, prediction, processing, readability, reader, reading, realm, recall, recognition, sentence, similarity, speed, student, textbook, thinking, understanding, vocabulary, word [See all][See only the most frequent]
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