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Comprehension is an English word with synonyms like understanding or apprehension. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Comprehension | Comprehensions

Comprehension meaning

  1. A thorough understanding.
  2. The totality of intensions, that is, attributes, characters, marks, properties, or qualities, that the object possesses, or else the totality of intensions that are pertinent to the context of a given discussion.
  3. A compact syntax for generating a collection in some programming languages, traditionally lists in functional programming languages.

Synonyms of Comprehension

understanding apprehension discernment savvy incomprehension inclusion involvement

Related words

Other words often associated with Comprehension or its synonyms:

knowing fear expectation taste judgement body wonder compass disposition perceptiveness sagacity engagement

Using Comprehension

  • The main meaning on this page is: A thorough understanding. | The totality of intensions, that is, attributes, characters, marks, properties, or qualities, that the object possesses, or else the totality of intensions that are pertinent to the context of a given discussion. | A compact syntax for generating a collection in some programming languages, traditionally lists in functional programming languages.
  • Useful related words include: understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy.
  • In the example corpus, comprehension often appears in combinations such as: comprehension of, reading comprehension, comprehension and.

Context around Comprehension

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 9 middle, 10 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

human 3× sentence 2× reading 2× defy 2× citation 1× training 1× writing 1× english 1× language 1× own 1×

Often after:

training 2× appears 1× deficits 1× particular 1× study 1×

Sentence patterns with Comprehension

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

beyond human comprehension 3× that defy comprehension 2× a sentence comprehension study that 1× aid sentence comprehension appears promising 1× beyond their comprehension 1× cases of comprehension 1× comprehension training comprehension deficits as 1× context and comprehension of the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

attempting to set 1× by focusing on 1× corruption has gone 1× gugerty s group 1× in other words 1× investigate the cthulhu 1×

Common sentence endings:

beyond human comprehension 3× that defy comprehension 2× are often unacknowledged 1× beyond their comprehension 1× by 2 percent 1× cases of comprehension 1×

Words around Comprehension

Just before it in the word index:

comprehensibly 2 comprehensible 60 comprehensibility 4 comprehends 13 comprehending 33 comprehended 17

Just after it in the word index:

comprehensions 3 comprehensive 3.189 comprehensively 126 comprehensiveness 10 comprehensives 4 compresence 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

airmen 289 allegheny 289 birdie 289 blasting 289 breaker 289 bureaucrats 289

Corpus analysis for Comprehension

  • In this selection, "comprehension" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, human, sentence, reading, training, appears and deficits stand out and add context to how "comprehension" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include beyond human comprehension and that defy comprehension. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "comprehension" sits close to words such as airmen, allegheny and birdie, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with comprehension

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Corruption has gone beyond human comprehension. (6 words)

Is it just my English comprehension, or were the answers incomprehensible? (11 words)

Their love has survived death, reboots, and distances that defy comprehension. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

This variety of treatment focused on increasing memory in order to aid sentence comprehension appears promising. citation Comprehension training Comprehension deficits as well as issues of pressure of speech can be improved through comprehension training. (35 words)

In other words, I try to drill down on one aspect of policing and the law and provide context and comprehension of the way bad policing affects our lives in ways that are often unacknowledged. (35 words)

The hand is one of the few Deadites that escapes Ash Williams multiple times, and it is also able to grow an evil clone of Ash Williams, proving that it has abilities beyond human comprehension. (35 words)

Question examples

Is it just my English comprehension, or were the answers incomprehensible? (11 words)

Example sentences (20)

This variety of treatment focused on increasing memory in order to aid sentence comprehension appears promising. citation Comprehension training Comprehension deficits as well as issues of pressure of speech can be improved through comprehension training.

The goal is to test for reading comprehension, particular machine reading comprehension.

Gugerty’s group also showed, in a sentence comprehension study, that ClearType boosted reading speed by 5 percent and comprehension by 2 percent.

So some of the power of comprehension was added back via the other existence axioms of ZF set theory (pairing, union, powerset, replacement, and infinity) which may be regarded as special cases of comprehension.

Attempting to set up a farm in the New England countryside, the family soon find themselves beset by malevolent and supernatural forces beyond their comprehension.

By focusing on specific areas that students struggle with, such as essay writing, comprehension, or argumentative skills, tutors can provide targeted instruction to help students improve and excel.

Corruption has gone beyond human comprehension.

In other words, I try to drill down on one aspect of policing and the law and provide context and comprehension of the way bad policing affects our lives in ways that are often unacknowledged.

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Investigate the Cthulhu Mythos as imagined by H.P. Lovecraft and face Eldritch horrors beyond human comprehension.

Is it just my English comprehension, or were the answers incomprehensible?

Many, if not most, published research papers have titles that defy comprehension.

Math and reading assessments determine where each student stands academically — some kids do them in both Spanish and English to gauge their language comprehension.

The area's local representative Alderman Scott Waguespack was quoted by as saying at a local community meeting that the city's liberal Mayor Brandon Johnson 'has not comprehension of what's happening here.

The bottom line is that “vocabulary” isn’t really distinct from “comprehension,” as a popular infographic suggests.

The emotions that the TV made me feel were powerful, far past my own comprehension.

The first few reads were spent trying to identify the sounds for each letter and then trying to put them all together more smoothly, so she could get to the point of comprehension.

The hand is one of the few Deadites that escapes Ash Williams multiple times, and it is also able to grow an evil clone of Ash Williams, proving that it has abilities beyond human comprehension.

The hysteria of these events distilled people’s comprehension of the world and divided a nation.

The idea of killing myself is beyond comprehension, but I can’t imagine the despair I would live with without my faith or my wife.

Their love has survived death, reboots, and distances that defy comprehension.

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Common combinations with comprehension

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "comprehension" in a sentence?
An example: "This variety of treatment focused on increasing memory in order to aid sentence comprehension appears promising. citation Comprehension training Comprehension deficits as well as issues of pressure of speech can be improved through comprehension training." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "comprehension" from authentic English texts.
What does "comprehension" mean?
Comprehension means: A thorough understanding.
What are synonyms of "comprehension"?
Common synonyms of "comprehension" include: understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy, incomprehension, inclusion, involvement.
How many example sentences with "comprehension" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "comprehension", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.