comprehends
Gets the meaning
Comprehends means understands or grasps mentally: She comprehends the material better after reviewing it twice.
The word carries a slightly formal tone compared to "understands." Comprehend can also mean to include or encompass: The report comprehends all relevant data from the past decade.
This second sense appears more in formal or legal contexts.
Captures or comprehends
- graspsHolds or comprehends
- perceivesBecomes aware of something
- discernsRecognizes through careful observation
- fathomsUnderstands or depth units
recognizes · conceives · interprets · assimilates · absorbs · realizes · appreciates · digests
apprehends
Captures or comprehends
- graspsHolds or comprehends
- perceivesBecomes aware of something
- discernsRecognizes through careful observation
fathoms · recognizes · conceives · interprets · assimilates · absorbs · realizes · appreciates · digests · deciphers
includes
Contains as component
incorporates · subsumes · entails · spans · involves · encapsulates · comprises · engulfs · takes in · accounts for
- mental actionsthinks, considers, understands, perceives, recognizes
- takes inabsorbs, admits, accepts, receives, includes
comprehendsmisunderstands
Incorrectly interprets meaning
misapprehends · misconceives · misinterprets · misconstrues · misreads
- reading comprehensionUnderstanding written material
- comprehension exercisesTasks assessing textual understanding
- comprehensive examsQualifying doctoral examinations
- comprehensive listInventory missing nothing
- comprehensive planThorough strategy for everything
- listening comprehensionUnderstanding spoken language
comprehend, comprehension, comprehensive, comprehending, comprehended, uncomprehending, incomprehension, uncomprehended, noncomprehensive