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comprehending

adjective as in realizing

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Westerners can have difficulty comprehending a public figure so intensely private.

I'm okay with people not comprehending or appreciating every single thing we did.

Presented with victimized men, justices had a way of suddenly comprehending the perniciousness of sexism.

Of course, he couldn't think of telling Mrs. Pontellier all about it, she being a woman and not comprehending such things.

Arnold looked at her for a single comprehending instant, a pitying instant, then his lips compressed tightly as he turned away.

Resistance to it was almost universal, comprehending both Catholics and Protestants.

He demanded that the inquiry should be extensive and searching, comprehending the whole of the late general election.

She opened her eyes and watched me a few moments without comprehending where she was.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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