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comprehension

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"Grasp of meaning"

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13 lettersPronunciation /ˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/Part of speech nounSorted ceehimnnooprsStarts with CEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result)

Word origin

Borrowed from Middle French compréhension, from Latin comprehēnsiō (“taking together”), from com- (“with, together”) + prehendō (“take”).

Used in a sentence

  • “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.”

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