comprehension

On the test that followed, comprehension improved for both groups, but it was highest for the group whose conversation included the bilingual form.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

Intertitle cards bridged some comprehension gaps, but skilled directors used them sparingly.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 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

That number is beyond your comprehension, but WSJ can help.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Whatever they are watching has to be complex enough to allow, upon repeated exposure, for deeper and deeper levels of comprehension.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

For this reason one's pronunciation is likely to be understood, because no two persons pronounce it exactly alike, and the natives' comprehensions have been trained in a good school.

From The Automobilist Abroad by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

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

The artist who can mold a statue worthy to crown magnificence like this, must be godlike in his conceptions, grand in his comprehensions, sublimely beautiful in his power of execution.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Elizabeth Cady Stanton