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| com·pre·hen·sion [ kòmprə hénsh'n ] |
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1. understanding: the grasping of the meaning of something
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2. intellectual ability: the ability to grasp the meaning of something
  It's beyond my comprehension.
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3. education set of questions on text: an exercise consisting of a set of questions on a short text, designed to test students' understanding of it
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| [15th century. Directly or via French< Latin comprehension-< comprehens- (see comprehensible)] |
