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Another word for comprehend

comprehend Synonyms

comprehend

v.

To include
contain, comprise, embrace; see include 1, involve.
To understand
grasp, discern, perceive; see know 1, understand 1. See syn. study at include, understand.

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Another word for comprehend

verb

To perceive and recognize the meaning of:
accept, apprehend, catch (on), compass, conceive, fathom, follow, get, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take, take in, understand. (Informal) savvy. (Slang) dig. (Chiefly British) twig. (Scots) ken. Idioms: get (or have) a handle on, get the picture. See understand
To perceive directly with the intellect:
apprehend, compass, fathom, grasp, know, understand. (Scots) ken. See knowledge
To have as a part:
comprise, contain, embody, embrace, encompass, have, include, involve, subsume, take in. See include

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I tried to comprehend his thought process but I found it irrational.
We cannot comprehend either the Emperor's aims or his actions!
Only a handful of human minds can comprehend his work.
Deidre struggled to absorb the wild story, unable to comprehend most of it.
The Roman Catholic religion was enforced at the time of the conquest, but a large percentage of the natives may still be considered semi-pagan, the gods of their ancestors being worshipped in secret, and the forms and tenets of the dominant faith, which they but faintly comprehend, being largely adulterated with superstitions and practices of pagan origin.

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