comprehend
Usage
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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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Then Lily pulls out a complicated game involving a frog that eats worms, burps bubbles, and—for reasons I cannot comprehend—wears a top hat.
From Literature
Ellis said there was a particularly alarming moment when he "couldn't comprehend" any of a university lecture after the crash.
From BBC
In one X post with millions of views, a cross-country fan wrote: “Nobody but a few men in Minnesota comprehend the impact of this in America.”
Her words made him realize that she still did not comprehend that they had lost all of their equipment.
From Literature
And once comprehending, shall he go with the flow?
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
