comprehension

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result)

   how you can do that is beyond my comprehension

2. 2
   noun

   A thorough understanding.

   Students will be tested on their comprehension of sentences in the foreign language.

3. 3
   noun

   the relation of comprising something

4. 4
   noun

   The totality of intensions, that is, attributes, characters, marks, properties, or qualities, that the object possesses, or else the totality of intensions that are pertinent to the context of a given discussion.

5. 5
   noun

   A compact syntax for generating a collection in some programming languages, traditionally lists in functional programming languages.

6. 6
   noun

   The inclusion of nonconformists within the Church of England.

7. 7
   noun

   Reading comprehension.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French compréhension, from Latin comprehensiō (“taking together”), from com- (“with, together”) + prehendō (“take”).