comprehension

Tony tells her that he’s going to be a famous writer, before challenging her comprehension of a few five-dollar words.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

Robert Bush has been jailed for 20 years for defrauding nearly 200 families, with the court saying he "caused anguish and pain on a scale beyond comprehension".

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

But history is immense in ways that exceed human comprehension.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

And Mikhail Fiksel’s looping systems architecture and sound design, while beyond my technical comprehension, added to the unique magic of a score that is discovering itself in real time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Her English was middling at best; her reading comprehension minimal.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

He may also be rushing through the text and not monitoring his own comprehensions.

From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2021

Reed and Wooten will be tasked with improving hitters’ comprehensions of technology-driven approaches and overseeing new catcher Jonathan Lucroy’s resurgence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2019

I had glimpses and intimations of the baffling essence of our human lives here, strange, fleeting comprehensions of the eternal wonder and the eternal beauty….

From Sacred and Profane Love by Arnold Bennett

This London and England of which he boasts have broadened out as the idea of Jerusalem has broadened out, to world-wide comprehensions.

From The Salvaging Of Civilisation by H. G.

Events that bear a frightful import to the limited comprehensions of mortals, may nevertheless be fraught with inestimable blessings.

From Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described by J. B. (John Beauchamp) Jones