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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary com·pre·hend ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French comprendre, comprehendre, from Latin comprehendere, from com- + prehendere to grasp — more at get DATE 14th century 1. to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of unable to comprehend what has happened 2. to contain or hold within a total scope, significance, or amount philosophy's scope comprehends the truth of everything which man may understand — H. O. Taylor 3. to include by construction or implication does not prudence comprehend all the virtues? — Thomas B. Silver Synonyms: see understand , include English Etymology comprehend mid-14c., "to grasp with the mind," from L. comprehendere "to take together, to unite; include; seize" (of catching fire or the arrest of criminals); also "to comprehend, perceive" (to seize or take in the mind), from com- "completely" + prehendere "to catch hold of, seize" (see prehensile). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 comprehend com·pre·hend / 7kCmpri5hend; NAmE 7kB:m- / verb (often used in negative sentences 常用于否定句) (formal) to understand sth fully 理解；领悟；懂: ▪ [VN] The infinite distances of space are too great for the human mind to comprehend. 太空的无垠距离遥远得让人类的大脑无法理解。 ▪ [V wh-] She could not comprehend how someone would risk people's lives in that way. 她不明白怎么会有人竟拿人民的生命那样去冒险。 ▪ [V] He stood staring at the dead body, unable to comprehend. 他站在那里,盯着那具尸体,弄不明白是怎么回事。 ⇨ note at understand ▪ [also V that] Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English comprehend verb ADV. fully VERB + COMPREHEND be able/unable to | cannot, fail to She failed to comprehend the seriousness of the situation. | be difficult to, be impossible to It is difficult to comprehend how far away the stars are. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition v. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: APPREHEND 1, accept, catch, compass, ||dig, grasp, see, take in, twig, understand 2 Synonyms: KNOW 1, appreciate, apprehend, cognize, fathom, grasp, have, understand Related Words: envisage, envision, see 3 Synonyms: INCLUDE , contain, embody, embrace, encompass, have, involve, subsume, take inWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged com·pre·hend \|kämprə̇|hend, -rē|-\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English comprehenden, from Latin comprehendere, from com- + prehendere to grasp, seize — more at prehensile 1. : to see the nature, significance, or meaning of : grasp mentally :attain to the knowledge of < comprehend where her duties lie > < stumbled through the brown book, not … comprehending what it meant — Rudyard Kipling > 2. : to contain or hold within a total scope, significance, or amount often as a part, item, concomitant, or factor : embrace < a magnificent view comprehending all the upper half of the floor of the valley — John Muir †1914 > < for philosophy's scope comprehends the truth of everything which man may understand — H.O.Taylor > 3. : to take in or include by construction or implication : comprise , imply < and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself — Rom 13:9 (Authorized Version) > 4. obsolete : grasp , seize , attain Synonyms: see include , understand |
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