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Synonyms for comprehension

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kom-pri-hen-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn ʃən

Top 10 synonyms for comprehension
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Définition of comprehension

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Middle French comprehénsion (15c.), from Latin comprehensionem (nominative comprehensio) "a seizing, laying hold of, arrest," figuratively "perception, comprehension," noun of action from past participle stem of comprehendere (see comprehend). In reading education, from 1921.
  • noun understanding
Example sentences :
  • I cannot perceive that our own comprehension of it is at all essential to the matter.
  • Extract from : « The Hall of Fantasy (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • The young man had no comprehension of the fact that he was only a pawn in the game.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • What he had done to deserve it was beyond his comprehension.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • Then suddenly a light seemed to break upon his comprehension.
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • "Good-night," he said, with an insolence far too fine for the butcher's comprehension.
  • Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • I shook my head in mute admission of my lack of comprehension.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • It was a song not above their comprehension and their feeling.
  • Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • Some mystery, something invisible and beyond their comprehension had struck them.
  • Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • The trend of the current of your life is beyond your grasp, beyond your comprehension.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • How people can dwell in such places passes my comprehension.
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro

Antonyms for comprehension

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