Each chapter in the textbook is followed by about a dozen comprehension questions.
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Comprehension
//ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩//
Synonyms for "comprehension" (82 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (41)
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More general
5 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
7 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriesTranslations
93 translations across 56 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- kuptim noun (thorough understanding)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κατάληψις noun (thorough understanding)
Arabic
1 entries- فَهْم noun (thorough understanding)
Armenian
1 entries- հասկացողություն noun (thorough understanding)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- anlayış noun (thorough understanding)
- fəhm noun (thorough understanding)
Belarusian
2 entries- разуме́нне noun (thorough understanding)
- разуме́ньне noun (thorough understanding)
Bulgarian
3 entries- разби́ране noun (thorough understanding)
- споразуме́ние noun (thorough understanding)
- схва́щане noun (thorough understanding)
Catalan
1 entries- comprensió noun (thorough understanding)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 了解 noun (thorough understanding)
- 理解 noun (thorough understanding)
- 瞭解 /了解 noun (thorough understanding)
Czech
3 entries- chápání noun (thorough understanding)
- pochopení noun (thorough understanding)
- porozumění noun (thorough understanding)
Danish
1 entries- forståelse noun (thorough understanding)
Dutch
2 entries- begrip noun (thorough understanding)
- verstandigheid noun (thorough understanding)
Esperanto
1 entries- kompreno noun (thorough understanding)
Estonian
1 entries- mõistmine noun (thorough understanding)
Finnish
2 entries- käsityskyky noun (thorough understanding)
- ymmärrys noun (thorough understanding)
French
2 entries- compréhension noun (thorough understanding)
- entendement noun (thorough understanding)
Galician
1 entries- comprensión noun (thorough understanding)
Georgian
1 entries- გაგება noun (thorough understanding)
German
2 entries- Verstehen noun (thorough understanding)
- Verständnis noun (thorough understanding)
Greek
1 entries- κατανόηση noun (thorough understanding)
Hanunoo
1 entries- alam noun (thorough understanding)
Hebrew
1 entries- הֲבָנָה noun (thorough understanding)
Hindi
3 entries- फहम noun (thorough understanding)
- फ़हम noun (thorough understanding)
- समझ noun (thorough understanding)
Icelandic
1 entries- skilningur noun (thorough understanding)
Ido
1 entries- kompreno noun (thorough understanding)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- دَرْک noun (thorough understanding)
- فَهْم noun (thorough understanding)
Italian
1 entries- comprensione noun (thorough understanding)
Japanese
2 entries- 了解 noun (thorough understanding)
- 理解 noun (thorough understanding)
Kazakh
1 entries- түсіну noun (thorough understanding)
Korean
4 entries- 료해 noun (thorough understanding)
- 리해 noun (thorough understanding)
- 요해 noun (thorough understanding)
- 이해 noun (thorough understanding)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- түшүнүү noun (thorough understanding)
Latvian
1 entries- izpratne noun (thorough understanding)
Lithuanian
1 entries- supratimas noun (thorough understanding)
Macedonian
2 entries- разбирање noun (thorough understanding)
- сфаќање noun (thorough understanding)
Māori
2 entries- aroā noun (thorough understanding)
- aroātanga noun (thorough understanding)
Nepali
1 entries- बोध noun (thorough understanding)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- begripelse noun (thorough understanding)
- forståelse noun (thorough understanding)
Polish
2 entries- pojmowanie noun (thorough understanding)
- zrozumienie noun (thorough understanding)
Portuguese
1 entries- compreensão noun (thorough understanding)
Romanian
1 entries- comprehensiune noun (thorough understanding)
Russian
4 entries- осмысле́ние noun (thorough understanding)
- понима́ние noun (thorough understanding)
- поня́тие noun (thorough understanding)
- разуме́ние noun (thorough understanding)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- razumevanje noun (thorough understanding)
- разумевање noun (thorough understanding)
Slovak
2 entries- pochopenie noun (thorough understanding)
- porozumenie noun (thorough understanding)
Slovene
1 entries- razumevanje noun (thorough understanding)
Spanish
3 entries- comprehensión noun (thorough understanding)
- comprensión noun (thorough understanding)
- entendimiento noun (thorough understanding)
Swedish
1 entries- förståelse noun (thorough understanding)
Tagalog
2 entries- katalusan noun (thorough understanding)
- talos noun (thorough understanding)
Tajik
2 entries- дарк noun (thorough understanding)
- фаҳм noun (thorough understanding)
Thai
1 entries- ความเข้าใจ noun (thorough understanding)
Turkish
2 entries- anlayış noun (thorough understanding)
- fehim noun (thorough understanding)
Ukrainian
2 entries- зрозумі́ння noun (thorough understanding)
- розумі́ння noun (thorough understanding)
Urdu
2 entries- سَمَجھ noun (thorough understanding)
- فَہْم noun (thorough understanding)
Uyghur
1 entries- چۈشىنىش noun (thorough understanding)
Uzbek
2 entries- fahm noun (thorough understanding)
- tushunish noun (thorough understanding)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sự hiểu noun (thorough understanding)
Yiddish
2 entries- פֿאַרשטאַנד noun (thorough understanding)
- פֿאַרשטיין noun (thorough understanding)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Why he did it is beyond my comprehension.
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It's beyond my comprehension.
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His novel is beyond my comprehension.
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