comprehend
Usage
What are other ways to say comprehend?
To comprehend is to know something thoroughly and to perceive its relationships to certain other ideas, facts, etc. To know is to be aware of something as a fact or truth: He knows the basic facts of the subject. I know that he agrees with me. To understand is to be fully aware not only of the meaning of something but also of its implications: I could comprehend all he said, but did not understand that he was joking.
Example Sentences
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The other variation, “A Light Shined in the Darkness and the Darkness Did Not Comprehend It,” is more conspicuous.
From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2023
Only those who brave its dangers, Comprehend its mystery!’”
From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard
Comprehend, kom-pre-hend′, v.t. to seize or take up with the mind, to understand: to comprise or include.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Only those who brave its dangers Comprehend its mystery.’”
From Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures by Stables, Gordon
Musquetry they never regarded unless they felt the Effect; but great Guns they did, because they threw stones farther than they could Comprehend.
From Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World by Cook, James
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