"comprehend" meaning in English

See comprehend in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kɒmpɹɪˈhɛnd/ [UK], /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnd/ [Canada, US], /kɔmpɹɪˈhend/ [General-Australian] Audio: En-us-comprehend.ogg Forms: comprehends [present, singular, third-person], comprehending [participle, present], comprehended [participle, past], comprehended [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnd Etymology: From Middle English comprehenden, from Latin comprehendere (“to grasp”), from the prefix com- + prehendere (“to seize”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰed-}}, {{inh|en|enm|comprehenden}} Middle English comprehenden, {{der|en|la|comprehendere|t=to grasp}} Latin comprehendere (“to grasp”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} comprehend (third-person singular simple present comprehends, present participle comprehending, simple past and past participle comprehended)
  1. (now rare) To include, comprise; to contain. Tags: archaic
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  2. To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly; to plumb Translations (to understand): разбирам (razbiram) (Bulgarian), схващам (shvaštam) (Bulgarian), comprendre (Catalan), rozumět [imperfective] (Czech), begrijpen (Dutch), bevatten (Dutch), mõistma (Estonian), aru saama (Estonian), hoomama (Estonian), ymmärtää (Finnish), käsittää (Finnish), tajuta (Finnish), comprendre (French), capî (Friulian), verstehen (German), begreifen (German), erfassen (German), einsehen (German), 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (fraþjan) (Gothic), κατανοώ (katanoó) (Greek), comprendere (Italian), capire (Italian), 解る (wakaru) (Japanese), 理解する (rikai suru) (Japanese), कळचे (kaḷce) (Konkani), intellegō (Latin), capio (Latin), video (Latin), mahazo (Malagasy), whēiro (Maori), whēiroiro (Maori), whekori (Maori), orotau (Maori), fatte (Norwegian), forstå (Norwegian), understandan [West-Saxon] (Old English), ongietan [West-Saxon] (Old English), forstandan (Old English), gecnawan (Old English), gewitan (Old English), ymbfon (Old English), آڭلامق (anlamak) (Ottoman Turkish), pojmować [imperfective] (Polish), pojąć [perfective] (Polish), compreender (Portuguese), aypay (Quechua), înțelege (Romanian), понима́ть (ponimátʹ) (Russian), постигать (postigatʹ) (Russian), осознать (osoznatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), cumprèndhere (Sardinian), cumprènniri (Sicilian), capiri (Sicilian), comprender (Spanish), comprehender (Spanish), percanzar (Spanish), idrak etmek (Turkish), kavramak (Turkish), thấu hiểu (Vietnamese), deall (Welsh), -qonda (Zulu), -bona (Zulu)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: comprehender, comprehendible, miscomprehend, precomprehend Related terms: comprehensibility, comprehensible, comprehension, comprehensive, comprehensiveness, comprise Translations (to cover): обхващам (obhvaštam) (Bulgarian), побирам (pobiram) (Bulgarian), zahrnovat [imperfective] (Czech), obsahovat [imperfective] (Czech), käsittää (Finnish), sisältää (Finnish), comprendre (French), umfassen (German), περιλαμβάνω (perilamváno) (Greek), comprendere (Italian), capio (Latin), dekke (Norwegian), obejmować [imperfective] (Polish), objąć [perfective] (Polish), compreender (Portuguese), cuprinde (Romanian), покрыва́ть (pokryvátʹ) (Russian), comprender (Spanish), omfatta (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'to cover': 0 0

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "схващам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "comprendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozumět"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "begrijpen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "bevatten"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "mõistma"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "aru saama"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "hoomama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "ymmärtää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "käsittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "tajuta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "comprendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "capî"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "verstehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "begreifen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "erfassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "einsehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "fraþjan",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katanoó",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "κατανοώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "comprendere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "capire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "wakaru",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "解る"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rikai suru",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "理解する"
    },
    {
      "code": "kok",
      "lang": "Konkani",
      "roman": "kaḷce",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "कळचे"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "intellegō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "capio"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "video"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "mahazo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "whēiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "whēiroiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "whekori"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "orotau"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "fatte"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "forstå"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ],
      "word": "understandan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ],
      "word": "ongietan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "forstandan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "gecnawan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "gewitan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "ymbfon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "anlamak",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "آڭلامق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "pojmować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "pojąć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "compreender"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "aypay"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "înțelege"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ponimátʹ",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "понима́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "postigatʹ",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "постигать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osoznatʹ",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "осознать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "cumprèndhere"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "cumprènniri"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "capiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "comprender"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "comprehender"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "percanzar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "idrak etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "kavramak"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "thấu hiểu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "deall"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "-qonda"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "to understand",
      "word": "-bona"
    }
  ],
  "word": "comprehend"
}

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