Definitions for comprehends

comprehends com·pre·hend

Spelling: [kom-pri-hend]
IPA: /ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛnd/

Comprehends is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 1048 anagrams from letters in comprehends (cdeehmnoprs).

Definitions for comprehends

verb (used with object)

  1. to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive:
  2. to take in or embrace; include; comprise:

Origin of comprehends

1350-1400; Middle English comprehenden Latin comprehendere, equivalent to com- com- + prehendere to grasp; see prehensile

Examples for comprehends

Any thing like a general argument Mr. Hardcastle could not comprehend.

She did not comprehend that Martin definitely did not want it changed.

Indeed, when you read it, you comprehend how, almost inevitably, his oratorical gifts eclipsed his skill as a writer.

Their stories were told again and again in an attempt to assimilate the tragedy, to comprehend the incomprehensible.

But her new theory of acceptance did not comprehend everything.

It is very difficult to sit by helplessly while a friend is imprisoned for a crime that is too implausible to comprehend.

I could not comprehend the fact that Kristen and Lorne and Bill and all these people are singing “Happy Birthday” to me.

She did not seem to hear at first, nor to comprehend when she went back over his words.

But we must not expect with our finite mind to comprehend the infinite God.

White rappers are always difficult to comprehend, difficult to deal with.

Word Value for comprehends
Scrable

20

Words with friends

23

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