'Comprehension' definitions:
Definition of 'comprehension'
(from WordNet)
noun
An ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result); "how you can do that is beyond my comprehension"; "he was famous for his comprehension of American literature" [ant: incomprehension]
noun
The relation of comprising something; "he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work" [syn: inclusion, comprehension]
Definition of 'Comprehension'
From: GCIDE
- Comprehension \Com`pre*hen"sion\, n. [L. comprehensio: cf. F. compr['e]hension.]
- 1. The act of comprehending, containing, or comprising; inclusion. [1913 Webster]
- In the Old Testament there is a close comprehension of the New; in the New, an open discovery of the Old. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is comprehended or inclosed within narrow limits; a summary; an epitome. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Though not a catalogue of fundamentals, yet . . . a comprehension of them. --Chillingworth. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The capacity of the mind to perceive and understand; the power, act, or process of grasping with the intellect; perception; understanding; as, a comprehension of abstract principles. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Logic) The complement of attributes which make up the notion signified by a general term. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Rhet.) A figure by which the name of a whole is put for a part, or that of a part for a whole, or a definite number for an indefinite. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'comprehension'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admissibility,
- admission,
- apprehension,
- assimilation,
- caliber,
- capacity,
- clairvoyance,
- command,
- completeness,
- comprehensiveness,
- comprisal,
- conception,
- conceptualization,
- coverage,
- deductive power,
- eligibility,
- embodiment,
- embracement,
- encompassment,
- envisagement,
- esemplastic power,
- exhaustiveness,
- foreknowledge,
- grasp,
- grip,
- ideation,
- inclusion,
- inclusiveness,
- incorporation,
- integrative power,
- intellect,
- intellection,
- intellectual grasp,
- intellectual power,
- intellectualism,
- intellectuality,
- intelligence,
- intelligence quotient,
- IQ,
- knowledge,
- mastery,
- membership,
- mental age,
- mental capacity,
- mental grasp,
- mental ratio,
- mentality,
- mother wit,
- native wit,
- openness,
- participation,
- power of mind,
- precognition,
- prehension,
- rationality,
- reasoning power,
- reception,
- sanity,
- savvy,
- scope of mind,
- sense,
- thinking power,
- tolerance,
- toleration,
- understanding,
- whole,
- wisdom,
- wit