verb
- Get the meaning of something.
- usage: "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter"
- synonyms: grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend
- To become aware of through the senses.
- usage: "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"
- synonyms: perceive, comprehend
- Include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory.
- usage: "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group"
- synonyms: embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover
adjective
- Fully understood or grasped.
- usage: "dangers not yet appreciated"; "these apprehended truths"; "a thing comprehended is a thing known as fully as it can be known"
- synonyms: appreciated, apprehended
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