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com·pre·hen·sion
 comprehension
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- pronunciation:
- kam
pr
hen
sh n
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
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
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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
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definition 3: |
the state or fact of being comprehensive; inclusion or inclusiveness.
- synonyms:
- comprehensiveness, inclusion, inclusiveness
- similar words:
- broadness
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related words: |
command, familiarity, intelligence, intimacy, learning, mastery, mentality, mind, understanding, wit |
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
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verb + (n.)comprehension
affect,
aid,
assess,
assist,
correlate,
defy,
demonstrate,
dig,
enhance,
ensure,
evaluate,
facilitate,
improve,
measure,
monitor,
nod,
predict,
promote,
read,
relate,
test
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(n.)comprehension
+ verb
administer, dawn, score, spell
noun + (n.)comprehension
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
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