comprehension Definition
com·pre·hen·sion (-hen′s̸hen)
noun
- the fact of including or comprising; inclusiveness
- the act of grasping with the mind
- understanding or knowledge that results from this
- the capacity for understanding ideas, facts, etc.
Etymology: ME comprehensioun < L comprehensio < comprehensus, pp. of comprehendere: see comprehend
comprehension Synonyms
comprehension
n.
Capacity to understand
understanding, perception, cognizance, grasp; see awareness, judgment 1, knowledge 1.An including
comprehension Usage Examples
Converse of object
- defy: Part 1 Geological evidence points to an cataclysmic event that almost defies comprehension.
- listen: In the oral test, both speaking and listening comprehension will be assessed.
- surpass: And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, shall guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
- read: Is a dubious increase in reading comprehension worth rubbing the nation's primary school teachers the wrong way?
- facilitate: If the language is not English we strongly recommend the use of slides in English to facilitate comprehension.
- demonstrate: Once the sentence has been created, the children can then copy it and draw a picture to demonstrate comprehension.
Adjective modifier
- verbal: Their mean score on a standardized test of verbal comprehension put them at the 10th percentile ( i.e.
- thorough: This is a book for anyone who genuinely wishes to gain a thorough comprehension of Advaita.
- oral: Oral component Reading comprehension is integrated in the oral where an unseen passage is used to provide material for reading aloud and discussion.
- mechanical: You will fill in a questionnaire and be given a test covering reasoning, English language, numeracy and mechanical comprehension.
Modifies a noun
- axiom: The most general comprehension axiom of Z is the axiom of Separation.
- exercise: English Your son will be given a comprehension exercise, followed by story writing.
- difficulty: Provision of these can enable students with language and comprehension difficulties to devote more attention to listening.
- question: For the comprehension question I went back to ask him what the dog ate.
- skill: These teachers focused on the comprehension skills needed by students to function in today's society.
Noun used with modifier
- listening: There was only one listening comprehension test in the second semester.
- reading: The High Noon Reading Comprehension program gives your students the extra comprehension skill practice they need to achieve mastery in reading.
- sentence: Parallel Structure: A source of facilitation in sentence comprehension.
- language: The origins of grammar: evidence from early language comprehension.
- poetry: It covers all of the text level fiction and poetry reading comprehension objectives of the National Literacy Strategy for year four.
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