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com⋅pre⋅hen⋅sion

  [kom-pri-hen-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act or process of comprehending.
2. the state of being comprehended.
3. perception or understanding: His comprehension of physics is amazing for a young student.
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:
1400–50; late ME < L comprehēnsiōn- (s. of comprehēnsiō), equiv. to comprehēns(us) (ptp. of comprehendere to comprehend ) + -iōn- -ion
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com·pre·hen·sion   (kŏm'prĭ-hěn'shən)   
n.  

    1. The act or fact of grasping the meaning, nature, or importance of; understanding.

    2. The knowledge that is acquired in this way.

  2. Capacity to include.

  3. Logic The sum of meanings and corresponding implications inherent in a term.


[Middle English comprehensioun, from Latin comprehēnsiō, comprehēnsiōn-, from comprehēnsus, past participle of comprehendere, to comprehend; see comprehend.]
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comprehension com·pre·hen·sion (kŏm'prĭ-hěn'shən)
n.
See apperception.

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