The professor was unable to comprehend what I meant.
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Comprehend
//ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnd//
Synonyms for "comprehend" (114 found)
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Closest matches (23)
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Related words (57)
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3 entriesRelated terms
6 entriesderived
4 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
88 translations across 38 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- обхва́щам verb (to include, contain)
- побирам verb (to include, contain)
- разбирам verb (to understand)
- схващам verb (to understand)
Catalan
1 entries- comprendre verb (to understand)
Czech
3 entries- obsahovat verb (to include, contain)
- rozumět verb (to understand)
- zahrnovat verb (to include, contain)
Dutch
2 entries- bevatten verb (to understand)
- doorgronden verb (to understand)
Esperanto
1 entries- kompreni verb (to understand)
Estonian
3 entries- aru saama verb (to understand)
- hoomama verb (to understand)
- mõistma verb (to understand)
Finnish
4 entries- käsittää verb (to understand)
- käsittää verb (to include, contain)
- sisältää verb (to include, contain)
- tajuta verb (to understand)
French
2 entries- comprendre verb (to understand)
- comprendre verb (to include, contain)
Friulian
1 entries- capî verb (to understand)
German
3 entries- begreifen verb (to understand)
- einsehen verb (to understand)
- umfassen verb (to include, contain)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to understand)
Greek
2 entries- κατανοώ verb (to understand)
- περιλαμβάνω verb (to include, contain)
Hungarian
2 entries- megért verb (to understand)
- ért verb (to understand)
Icelandic
1 entries- fatta verb (to understand)
Irish
1 entries- tuig verb (to understand)
Italian
3 entries- capire verb (to understand)
- comprendere verb (to understand)
- comprendere verb (to include, contain)
Japanese
2 entries- 理解する verb (to understand)
- 解る verb (to understand)
Konkani
1 entries- कळचे verb (to understand)
Latin
4 entries- capiō verb (to understand)
- capiō verb (to include, contain)
- intellegō verb (to understand)
- videō verb (to understand)
Lithuanian
1 entries- suvokti verb (to understand)
Malagasy
1 entries- mahazo verb (to understand)
Māori
4 entries- orotau verb (to understand)
- whekori verb (to understand)
- whēiro verb (to understand)
- whēiroiro verb (to understand)
Norwegian
3 entries- dekke verb (to include, contain)
- fatte verb (to understand)
- forstå verb (to understand)
Old English
4 entries- forstandan verb (to understand)
- gecnawan verb (to understand)
- gewitan verb (to understand)
- ongietan verb (to understand)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آڭلامق verb (to understand)
Polish
4 entries- obejmować verb (to include, contain)
- objąć verb (to include, contain)
- pojmować verb (to understand)
- pojąć verb (to understand)
Portuguese
2 entries- compreender verb (to understand)
- compreender verb (to include, contain)
Quechua
1 entries- aypay verb (to understand)
Romanian
2 entries- cuprinde verb (to include, contain)
- înțelege verb (to understand)
Russian
4 entries- осознать verb (to understand)
- покрыва́ть verb (to include, contain)
- понима́ть verb (to understand)
- постигать verb (to understand)
Sardinian
1 entries- cumprèndhere verb (to understand)
Sicilian
2 entries- capiri verb (to understand)
- cumprènniri verb (to understand)
Spanish
4 entries- comprehender (disused) verb (to understand)
- comprender verb (to understand)
- comprender verb (to include, contain)
- diquelar verb (to understand)
Swedish
2 entries- inse verb (to understand)
- omfatta verb (to include, contain)
Turkish
3 entries- anlamak verb (to understand)
- idrak etmek verb (to understand)
- kavramak verb (to understand)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thấu hiểu verb (to understand)
Welsh
1 entries- deall verb (to understand)
Zulu
2 entries- bona verb (to understand)
- qonda verb (to understand)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
This theory is too difficult for me to comprehend.
Source: tatoeba (56523)
He could not comprehend the value of her advice.
Source: tatoeba (284900)
They couldn't comprehend the seriousness of the matter.
Source: tatoeba (305749)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.