pre·com·pre·hend,verb (used with object)self-com·pre·hend·ing,adjectiveun·com·pre·hend·ed,adjectiveun·com·pre·hend·ing,adjectiveun·com·pre·hend·ing·ly,adverbwell-com·pre·hend·ed,adjective
Awe, the emotional response and feelings of wonder people experience when seeing things that they can’t fully comprehend, has long been associated with better mental and physical health.
Regular doses of awe can do wonders for emotional health|Kat Eschner|September 22, 2020|Popular Science
We in the media unfortunately spent a couple of decades abetting this by deifying young tech founders who, it was often implied, simply know things we mere mortals can never comprehend.
HBO’s new sex cult doc has big lessons for investors|dzanemorris|September 2, 2020|Fortune
In any case, once science began to comprehend the subatomic world, no force could stop the eventual revelation of the atom’s power.
How understanding nature made the atomic bomb inevitable|Tom Siegfried|August 6, 2020|Science News
Make Googlebot do as little leg-work as possible in order to comprehend your content.
JavaScript rendering and the problems for SEO in 2020|Anthony Lavall|May 6, 2020|Search Engine Watch
I saw a few pictures in there that looked pretty but couldn’t comprehend what I was reading.
Lack of diversity in his field has troubled this mathematician|Esther Landhuis|April 14, 2020|Science News For Students
It is very difficult to sit by helplessly while a friend is imprisoned for a crime that is too implausible to comprehend.
Behind Bars for the Holidays: 11 Political Prisoners We Want to See Free In 2015|Movements.Org|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I could not comprehend the fact that Kristen and Lorne and Bill and all these people are singing “Happy Birthday” to me.
How Aidy Bryant Stealthily Became Your Favorite ‘Saturday Night Live’ Star|Kevin Fallon|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Indeed, when you read it, you comprehend how, almost inevitably, his oratorical gifts eclipsed his skill as a writer.
Martin Luther King’s Nobel Speech Is an Often Ignored Masterpiece|Malcolm Jones|October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Their stories were told again and again in an attempt to assimilate the tragedy, to comprehend the incomprehensible.
The Resilient City: New York After 9/11|John Avlon|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Few can comprehend the anguish a president endures, even in times of peace, and especially in times of war.
Yes, Obama Was Right to Golf After Foley|Daniel G. Hill|August 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"I comprehend you," said she, with an air of some perplexity.
Arthur Mervyn|Charles Brockden Brown
They practiced what he had preached to a mightier race, practiced it with a thoroughness beyond the kind of man to comprehend.
Happy Ending|Fredric Brown
A letter from Heriot informed me that the affair between Edbury and me was settled: he could not comprehend how.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond, Complete|George Meredith
I begin now to comprehend your disdain of customs which impose chains so idly galling on the liberty of our sex.
The Parisians, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
That she does not wait to comprehend the Infinite before she can love.
Folly as It Flies|Fanny Fern
British Dictionary definitions for comprehend
comprehend
/ (ˌkɒmprɪˈhɛnd) /
verb
to perceive or understand
(tr)to comprise or embrace; include
Word Origin for comprehend
C14: from Latin comprehendere, from prehendere to seize