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TOEFL BNC: 8488 COCA: 6899

comprehend

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
comprehend /ˌkɑːmprɪˈhɛnd/ verb
comprehends; comprehended; comprehending
comprehend
/ˌkɑːmprɪˈhɛnd/
verb
comprehends; comprehended; comprehending
Learner's definition of COMPREHEND
[+ object] somewhat formal
: to understand (something, such as a difficult or complex subject)理解;领会
often used in negative statements常用于否定句
TOEFL BNC: 8488 COCA: 6899

comprehend

verb

com·​pre·​hend ˌkäm-pri-ˈhend How to pronounce comprehend (audio)
-prē-
comprehended; comprehending; comprehends

transitive verb

1
: to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of
unable to comprehend what has happened
2
: to contain or hold within a total scope, significance, or amount
… philosophy's scope comprehends the truth of everything which man may understand … Henry Osborn Taylor
3
: to include by construction or implication
Does not prudence comprehend all the virtues? Thomas B. Silver
Our civilization comprehends great variety and complexity … Perry Meisel
comprehendible adjective

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To comprehend is to mentally grasp something's complete nature or meaning. Comprehend is thus often a bit stronger than understand: for example, you may understand the instructions in a handbook without completely comprehending their purpose. Comprehend's second meaning is much less common. Using that sense of the word, we could say that good manners comprehends (that is, includes) more than simple table etiquette, for example, or that true courage comprehends more than just physical showing off. And something comprehensive includes a great deal: so a comprehensive exam, for instance, includes all the material that was studied in the course.

Choose the Right Synonym for comprehend

understand, comprehend, appreciate mean to have a clear or complete idea of.

understand and comprehend are very often interchangeable.

understand may, however, stress the fact of having attained a firm mental grasp of something.

orders that were fully understood and promptly obeyed

comprehend may stress the process of coming to grips with something intellectually.

I have trouble comprehending your reasons for doing this

appreciate implies a just evaluation or judgment of a thing's value or nature.

failed to appreciate the risks involved

include, comprehend, embrace, involve mean to contain within as part of the whole.

include suggests the containment of something as a constituent, component, or subordinate part of a larger whole.

the price of dinner includes dessert

comprehend implies that something comes within the scope of a statement or definition.

his system comprehends all history

embrace implies a gathering of separate items within a whole.

her faith embraces both Christian and non-Christian beliefs

involve suggests inclusion by virtue of the nature of the whole, whether by being its natural or inevitable consequence.

the new job involves a lot of detail

Example Sentences

the age at which children can comprehend the difference between right and wrong it took me a while to comprehend algebra
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French comprendre, comprehendre, from Latin comprehendere, from com- + prehendere to grasp — more at get

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of comprehend was in the 14th century
TOEFL BNC: 8488 COCA: 6899
comprehend

verb

ADVERB | VERB + COMPREHEND ADVERBfully完全理解barely幾乎未能理解She could barely comprehend what was happening to her.她幾乎無法理解發生在她身上的事。easily容易理解VERB + COMPREHENDbe able to, be unable to能夠/不能理解cannot, fail to不能/未能理解She failed to comprehend the seriousness of the situation.她沒有意識到形勢有多嚴峻。be difficult to, be impossible to難以/不可能理解It is difficult to comprehend how far away the stars are.很難理解星星有多遠。

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