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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"It was something that I couldn't comprehend. They can see your location. They can turn on the camera. They can turn on the microphone, listen to you," al-Masarir tells the BBC.
From BBC
Chava, whose nature demands that she fulfill the needs of others, struggles to comprehend how a person can feel desire for something, yet not wish for its actual fulfillment.
“Too difficult to comprehend them. Let’s find the human underneath.”
From Los Angeles Times
"We can't comprehend how this is happening. Why are we letting this happen?"
From BBC
It offers the understandings the people can readily comprehend, the values they can readily appreciate, and the direction of speech and action they can readily follow.”
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
