Definition of Comprehension
Comprehension
com·pre·hen·sion


Definition/Meaning
(noun)
the ability to grasp, understand, or comprehend something;

e.g. This phenomenon is outside my comprehension, and there is no way I can explain it.

(noun)
the action of understanding or comprehending something with the intellect, or the knowledge gained by this means;

e.g. The pictures aided my comprehension of the text.

(noun)
in British usage, a school exercise that consists of setting questions based on some text as a way to test students' understanding of the text;

e.g. The student struggled to answer the comprehension questions.

(noun)
the state or capability of being inclusive (comprehensive), or the action or process of including (comprising) something;

e.g. In their comprehension, these books contain everything we known on this subject.



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