comprehension

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result)
  2. noun the relation of comprising something

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French compréhension, from Latin comprehēnsiō (“taking together”), from com- (“with, together”) + prehendō (“take”).

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