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- pronunciation:
- kam
pr
hend
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
comprehends, comprehending, comprehended |
| definition: |
to understand or grasp the meaning of.
Did you comprehend what the teacher said?- synonyms:
- apprehend, get, grasp, perceive, realize, see, understand
- antonyms:
- misunderstand
- similar words:
- conceive, fathom, follow, know, penetrate, seize, sense
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| related words: |
absorb, appreciate, apprehend, decipher, digest, encompass, interpret, learn, understand |
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| derivation: |
comprehendible (adj.) |
The word comprehend
contains the following parts:
com-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix com-
attaches to Latin bases beginning with m, p, or b. It has multiple forms, as the 'm' sound in com-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms col-, con-, cor-, and co-. Note: com-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " commemorate
" and " command
."
Example words:
accomplish, combat, combine, commerce, commercial, commission, commissioner, commit, comparison, complex, comprehend, incomprehensible, command, commemorate, commute, compare, compel, complacent, complete, complement, complicate, compliment, compose, component, compound1, compulsory, computer, compute
- synonyms:
- syn-
pris, -prise, prehens, -prehend
Latin
root
that means take, grasp
Example words:
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