verbal comprehension
Grasping spoken meaning
Verbal comprehension is the ability to understand and reason with language—grasping word meanings, following complex sentences, and drawing inferences from what's read or heard.
In psychology and intelligence testing, it's measured as a distinct cognitive skill: Her verbal comprehension scores were exceptionally high.
The term appears in educational assessments and discussions of learning differences.
- communication skillsCapacity to exchange ideas
- spoken languageAudible verbal communication system
- listening skillsAbility to comprehend speech
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- vocabularyOne's word collection
word meanings · main idea · reading between lines · making sense · inference · semantics · syntax · pragmatics · standardized testing · memory recall · morphology · lexicon · idioms · cognitive development · following directions · literacy skills · storytelling · attention
verbal comprehensionspatial reasoning
Grasping arrangements and dimensions mentally
mathematical reasoning · visual processing · pattern recognition · motor coordination · fluid intelligence
verbal comprehensionlanguage impairment
Reduced capacity for communication
reading difficulty · aphasia · dyslexia · illiteracy · language barrier
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