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All comprehend synonyms

com·pre·hend
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verb comprehend

  • assimilate — When people such as immigrants assimilate into a community or when that community assimilates them, they become an accepted part of it.
  • appreciate — If you appreciate something, for example a piece of music or good food, you like it because you recognize its good qualities.
  • fathom — a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. Abbreviation: fath.
  • grasp — to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
  • discern — to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend: They discerned a sail on the horizon.
  • tumble — to fall helplessly down, end over end, as by losing one's footing, support, or equilibrium; plunge headlong: to tumble down the stairs.
  • apprehend — If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them.
  • conceive — If you cannot conceive of something, you cannot imagine it or believe it.
  • dig — to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
  • perceive — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
  • catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
  • see — to perceive with the eyes; look at.
  • read — to look at carefully so as to understand the meaning of (something written, printed, etc.): to read a book; to read music.
  • know — to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
  • have — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
  • savvy — experienced, knowledgable, and well-informed; shrewd (often used in combination): consumers who are savvy about prices; a tech-savvy entrepreneur.
  • get — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • click — If something clicks or if you click it, it makes a short, sharp sound.
  • cognize — to perceive, become aware of, or know
  • subsume — to consider or include (an idea, term, proposition, etc.) as part of a more comprehensive one.
  • involve — to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
  • contain — If something such as a box, bag, room, or place contains things, those things are inside it.
  • comprise — If you say that something comprises or is comprised of a number of things or people, you mean it has them as its parts or members.
  • make out — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
  • take in — the act of taking.
  • capiche — (chiefly, US) Alternative form of capisce.
  • get the picture — understand
  • gotcha — I have got you (used to express satisfaction at having captured or defeated someone or uncovered their faults).
  • understand — to perceive the meaning of; grasp the idea of; comprehend: to understand Spanish; I didn't understand your question.
  • realise — to grasp or understand clearly.
  • realize — to grasp or understand clearly.
  • figure out — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
  • follow — to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
  • twig — style; fashion.
  • include — to contain, as a whole does parts or any part or element: The package includes the computer, program, disks, and a manual.
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