comprehend
Use Comprehend in a sentence
prɪˈhɛnd Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English comprehenden < Latin comprehendere, equivalent to com- com- + prehendere to grasp; see prehensile
1350–1400; Middle English comprehenden < Latin comprehendere, equivalent to com- com- + prehendere to grasp; see prehensile
Related forms
com·pre·hend·er, noun
com·pre·hend·ing·ly, adverb
non·com·pre·hend·ing, adjective
non·com·pre·hend·ing·ly, adverb
pre·com·pre·hend, verb (used with object)
self-com·pre·hend·ing, adjective
un·com·pre·hend·ed, adjective
un·com·pre·hend·ing, adjective
un·com·pre·hend·ing·ly, adverb
well-com·pre·hend·ed, adjective
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to perceive or understand |
| 2. | (tr) to comprise or embrace; include |
| [C14: from Latin comprehendere, from prehendere to seize] | |
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Word Origin & History
comprehend
mid-14c., "to grasp with the mind," from L. comprehendere "to take together, to unite; include; seize" (of catching fire or the arrest of criminals); also "to comprehend, perceive" (to seize or take in the mind), from com- "completely" + prehendere "to catch hold of, seize" (see prehensile).
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Example sentences
Students often don't understand what they have signed, parents don't comprehend, and that is what is intended.
We need to know who he was, to understand his life and work, in order to comprehend our own revolutionary culture.
Helping people understand and relate to the world around them, and comprehend their impact on the environment.
In order to comprehend how this can happen, it is necessary to understand some basic immunology.
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