comprehension
nounUK /ˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/ · US /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French compréhension, from Latin comprehēnsiō (“taking together”), from com- (“with, together”) + prehendō (“take”).
A thorough understanding.
- Students will be tested on their comprehension of sentences in the foreign language.
- What appeal to him are the broad visions, the specious comprehension of the social order as a whole which a planned system promises.1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 428:
Human sciences, Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Sciences The totality of intensions, that is, attributes, characters, marks, properties, or qualities, that the object possesses, or else the totality of intensions that are pertinent to the context of a given discussion.
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences A compact syntax for generating a collection in some programming languages, traditionally lists in functional programming languages.
Christianity The inclusion of nonconformists within the Church of England.
Education Reading comprehension.
- Synonyms
- understanding
- Derived terms
- incomprehension, intercomprehension, listening comprehension, miscomprehension, noncomprehension, reading comprehension, uncomprehension
- Related terms
- comprehend, comprehensibility, comprehensible, comprehensive, comprehensiveness