comprehends
Meaning of comprehends
verb, 3rd person present
- grasp mentally; understand.
he couldn't comprehend her reasons for marrying Lovat
I simply couldn't comprehend what had happened
- include, comprise, or encompass.
a divine order comprehending all men
Middle English: from Old French comprehender, or Latin comprehendere, from com- ‘together’ + prehendere ‘grasp’.
Information about comprehends
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of comprehends is: comprehend.
- Languages in which comprehends is used:
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Hyphenation of comprehends
com-pre-hends
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- comprehends is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
comprehends synonyms
Meaning perceive the significance, explanation, or cause of:
Meaning comprehend fully:
Meaning discern or deduce after reflection or from information; understand:
Meaning understand or perceive:
Meaning understand the meaning or tendency of (a speaker or argument):
Meaning understand (a difficult problem or an enigmatic person) after much thought:
Meaning succeed in understanding or gaining insight into (something complex or mysterious):
Meaning become fully aware of (something) as a fact; understand clearly:
Meaning become aware or conscious of (something); come to realize or understand:
Meaning recognize or find out:
Meaning of or like God or a god:
Meaning undo (twisted, knitted, or woven threads):
Meaning succeed in understanding, interpreting, or identifying (something):
Meaning explain the meaning of (information or actions):
Meaning break or cause to break without a complete separation of the parts:
Meaning like, appreciate, or understand:
Meaning understand (an argument or the person making it):
Meaning a slender woody shoot growing from a branch or stem of a tree or shrub:
Meaning realize or grasp (something):
Meaning know or understand:
Meaning consist of; be made up of:
Meaning comprise or contain as part of a whole:
Meaning include comprehensively:
Meaning include or contain (something) as a constituent part:
Meaning cause to participate in an activity or situation:
Meaning have or hold (someone or something) within:
Meaning put something on top of or in front of (something), especially in order to protect or conceal it:
comprehends antonyms
Meaning deny (someone) access to a place, group, or privilege:
Words that rhyme with comprehends
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