comprehensionnoun
uk/ˌkɒm.prɪˈhen.ʃən/us/ˌkɑːm.prəˈhen.ʃən/[ U ] the ability to understand completely and be familiar with a situation, facts, etc.:
He has no comprehension of the size of the problem.
How she manages to fit so much into a working day is beyond my comprehension (= I cannot understand it).
[ C or U ] UK a test to find out how well students understand written or spoken language:
a listening/reading comprehension
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Understanding and comprehending
- apprehend
- apprehension
- at your fingertips idiom
- attune
- bear in on/upon
- common
- fathom
- feel
- fingertip
- hit
- make sth/sb of sth/sb
- make sth/sb out
- mind
- penetrate
- picture
- read between the lines idiom
- reading
- realization
- take sth in
- twig
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