comprehension

noun

/ˌkɒmprɪˈhenʃn/

/ˌkɑːmprɪˈhenʃn/

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[uncountable] the ability to understand
- speech and comprehension
- beyond comprehension His behaviour was completely beyond comprehension (= impossible to understand).
- She had no comprehension of what was involved.
Extra Examples
- He showed a total lack of comprehension.
- She has no comprehension of the seriousness of the situation.
- The level of violence used defies comprehension.
- Why he can't do it himself is beyond my comprehension.
- He looked at her with a total lack of comprehension.
- The task requires a good comprehension of complex instructions.
- There are exercises for checking comprehension.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- human
verb + comprehension
- have
- defy
- check
- …
comprehension + noun
- skills
preposition
- beyond (somebody’s) comprehension
- without comprehension
phrases
- a lack of comprehension
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[uncountable, countable] an exercise that trains students to understand a language
- We did a listening comprehension.
- a reading comprehension
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- listening
- reading
verb + comprehension
- do
comprehension + noun
- test
- question
- skills
- …
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Word Originlate Middle English: from French compréhension or Latin comprehensio(n-), from the verb comprehendere ‘seize, comprise’, from com- ‘together’ + prehendere ‘grasp’.

单词	comprehension
释义	comprehension noun /ˌkɒmprɪˈhenʃn/ /ˌkɑːmprɪˈhenʃn/ jump to other results [uncountable] the ability to understand speech and comprehension beyond comprehension His behaviour was completely beyond comprehension (= impossible to understand). She had no comprehension of what was involved. Extra Examples He showed a total lack of comprehension. She has no comprehension of the seriousness of the situation. The level of violence used defies comprehension. Why he can't do it himself is beyond my comprehension. He looked at her with a total lack of comprehension. The task requires a good comprehension of complex instructions. There are exercises for checking comprehension. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective human verb + comprehension have defy check … comprehension + noun skills preposition beyond (somebody’s) comprehension without comprehension phrases a lack of comprehension See full entry [uncountable, countable] an exercise that trains students to understand a language We did a listening comprehension. a reading comprehension Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective listening reading verb + comprehension do comprehension + noun test question skills … See full entry Word Originlate Middle English: from French compréhension or Latin comprehensio(n-), from the verb comprehendere ‘seize, comprise’, from com- ‘together’ + prehendere ‘grasp’.
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