com´pre|hend´ing|ly

com´pre|hend´ing|ly
com|pre|hend «KOM prih HEHND», transitive verb.
1. to understand the meaning of: »

If you know how to use a word correctly, you comprehend it. Man does not yet comprehend the universe.

 SYNONYM(S): grasp, perceive.
2. to include; contain: »

His report of the accident comprehended all the facts. The Middle West comprehends many farming and industrial areas.

 SYNONYM(S): comprise, embrace. See syn. under include. (Cf. ↑include)
╂[< Latin comprehendere < com- + prehendere seize]
–com´pre|hend´er, noun.
–com´pre|hend´ing|ly, adverb.
Synonym Study 1 Comprehend, apprehend mean to take hold of something mentally. Comprehend means to grasp it completely and to understand its meaning fully and perfectly: »

He comprehends the principles of an internal-combustion engine.

Apprehend means to see something of its meaning but not all its relationships or implications, and therefore to understand it only partly: »

He apprehends the word but cannot use it.


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