Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - comprehend
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Comprehend
comprehend
~ v T not in progressive formal to understand something that is complicated or difficult (Even scientists do not comprehend these phenomena. | comprehend how/why/what etc) (I fail to comprehend how this was allowed to happen. | fully comprehend (=understand completely))
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(comprehends, comprehending, comprehended) If you cannot comprehend something, you cannot understand it. (FORMAL) I just cannot comprehend your attitude... Whenever she failed to comprehend she invariably laughed. = understand VERB: with brd-neg, V n, V ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French comprendre, ~re, from Latin ~ere, from com- + prehendere to grasp — more at get Date: 14th century 1. to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of unable to ~ what has happened 2. to contain or hold within a total scope, significance, or amount philosophy's scope ~s the truth of everything which man may understand — H. O. Taylor 3. to include by construction or implication does not prudence ~ all the virtues? — Thomas B. Silver Synonyms: see understand, include • ~ible adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 grasp mentally; understand (a person or a thing). 2 include; take in. Etymology: ME f. OF comprehender or L comprehendere comprehens- (as COM-, prehendere grasp) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. понимать, уразуметь; постигнуть to comprehend a question —- понимать вопрос man does not yet comprehend the universe —- человек еще не постиг вселенную 2. книж. включать, содержать в себе, охватывать establishments comprehended in the firm —- предприятия, входящие в фирму the report of the accident comprehended all the facts —- в протокол о несчастном случае были включены все факты ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- c.1340, from L. comprehendere "to grasp, seize," from com- "completely" + prehendere "to catch hold of, seize" (see prehensile). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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