Added 9 October 2026
comprehension
/ˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/ noun
Latin root: comprehēnsiō Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about comprehension at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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A thorough understanding.
Students will be tested on their comprehension of sentences in the foreign language.
- 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.
- A compact syntax for generating a collection in some programming languages, traditionally lists in functional programming languages.
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French compréhension, from Latin comprehēnsiō (“taking together”), from com- (“with, together”) + prehendō (“take”).
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