Definitions for comprehension

comprehension com·pre·hen·sion

Spelling: [kom-pri-hen-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn ʃən/

Comprehension is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 22 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 26 points.

You can make 1610 anagrams from letters in comprehension (ceehimnnooprs).

Definitions for comprehension

noun

  1. the act or process of comprehending.
  2. the state of being comprehended.
  3. perception or understanding:
  4. capacity of the mind to perceive and understand; power to grasp ideas; ability to know.
  5. Logic. the connotation of a term.
  6. inclusion.
  7. comprehensiveness.

Origin of comprehension

1400-50; late Middle English Latin comprehēnsiōn- (stem of comprehēnsiō), equivalent to comprehēns(us) (past participle of comprehendere to comprehend) + -iōn-

Examples for comprehension

This is nostalgia as a recording exercise rather than a lesson in empathy or comprehension.

"Good-night," he said, with an insolence far too fine for the butcher's comprehension.

The young man had no comprehension of the fact that he was only a pawn in the game.

What he had done to deserve it was beyond his comprehension.

If the book were reducible to a thesis, it might be the simple claim that some things exceed our capacity for comprehension.

I cannot perceive that our own comprehension of it is at all essential to the matter.

Then suddenly a light seemed to break upon his comprehension.

That a company would even consider such a plan is beyond my comprehension.

Nothing defeats my powers of comprehension like the deliberate harm of a child.

It was a small step in learning to stick to my guns, but a leap in my comprehension of phonetics.

Word Value for comprehension
Scrable

22

Words with friends

26

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