Comprehension (IPA: /ˌkɑmpɹiˈhɛnʃən/)
| Comprehension (n.) |
The act of comprehending, containing, or comprising; inclusion. |
| Comprehension (n.) |
That which is comprehended or inclosed within narrow limits; a summary; an epitome. |
| Comprehension (n.) |
The capacity of the mind to perceive and understand; the power, act, or process of grasping with the intellect; perception; understanding; as, a comprehension of abstract principles. |
| Comprehension (n.) |
The complement of attributes which make up the notion signified by a general term. |
| Comprehension (n.) |
A figure by which the name of a whole is put for a part, or that of a part for a whole, or a definite number for an indefinite. |
| Comprehension |
Totality of intensions, that is, properties or qualities, that an object possesses |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "If you once understand an author's character, the comprehension of his writings becomes easy." - Authors |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "It is because the method of physics does not satisfy the comprehension that we have to go on further." - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " The All which is beyond comprehension ” the All which is perpetually discovered, yet undiscovered: sexual, sweet, Alive!" - The All |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " The sayings of the Briton resound with the wisdom of the heart and sage comprehension of life..." - United Kingdom |
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