Synonyms for COMPREHEND
ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛndcom·pre·hend

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1. comprehend

   To catch is to come up with or take possession of something departing, fugitive, or illusive. We catch a runaway horse, a flying ball, a mouse in a trap. We clutch with a swift, tenacious movement of the fingers; we grasp with a firm but moderate closure of the whole hand; we grip or gripe with the strongest muscular closure of the whole hand possible to exert. We clasp in the arms. We snatch with a quick, sudden, and usually a surprising motion. In the figurative sense, catch is used of any act that brings a person or thing into our power or possession; as, to catch a criminal in the act; to catch an idea, in the sense of apprehend or comprehend. Compare ARREST.

   Synonyms:
   apprehend, capture, catch, clasp, clutch, discover, ensnare, entrap, grasp, grip, gripe, lay hold of (on, upon), overtake, secure, seize, snatch, take, take hold of

   Antonyms:
   fail of, fall short of, give up, let go, lose, miss, release, restore, throw aside, throw away

   Preposition:
   To catch at a straw; to catch a fugitive by the collar; to catch a ball with the left hand; he caught the disease from the patient; the thief was caught in the act; the bird in the snare.

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1. comprehend

   Synonyms:
   comprise, embody, grasp, understand, conceive, apprehend, enclose, include, involve, embrace

   Antonyms:
   exclude, except, misunderstand

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1. grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehendverb

   get the meaning of something

   "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"

   Synonyms:
   quail at, compass, delve, embrace, toil, grind, dig, nail, drudge, moil, encompass, dig up, arrest, jab, poke, cut into, nab, collar, grasp, prod, travail, labour, get the picture, hollow, stab, apprehend, cop, hold on, comprehend, turn over, excavate, pick up, perceive, cover, savvy, labor, grok, circumnavigate, dig out

2. perceive, comprehendverb

   to become aware of through the senses

   "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"

   Synonyms:
   cover, dig, apprehend, perceive, savvy, encompass, grok, compass, get the picture, comprehend, grasp, embrace

3. embrace, encompass, comprehend, coververb

   include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory

   "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group"

   Synonyms:
   wrap up, compass, get over, embrace, hug, insure, plow, espouse, enshroud, dig, compensate, breed, encompass, shroud, continue, sweep up, treat, hatch, adopt, report, extend, cut across, brood, squeeze, deal, grasp, incubate, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, get the picture, traverse, apprehend, pass over, bosom, comprehend, handle, perceive, overlay, cover, savvy, cross, cut through, grok, get across, cover up, track

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1. comprehendverb

   Synonyms:
   comprise, include, enclose, embrace, contain, embody, take in

2. comprehendverb

   Synonyms:
   grasp (mentally), understand (fully), apprehend, conceive, imagine, see, discern, perceive, enter into the idea of, catch the idea of

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1. comprehendverb

   Synonyms:
   understand, fathom, grasp, embrace, comprise, embody, contain

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1. List of paraphrases for "comprehend":

   understand, understanding

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How to use COMPREHEND in a sentence?

1. Zeinab Mohamed:

   I was trying to understand it, trying to comprehend what I was reading and I was just in complete shock, my only response to her was, ‘My people? What does that mean?’ ….

2. Sandra Mellott:

   This is a permanent part of who I am, and I'm proud and confident about it. she understands what I'm saying but just can't comprehend how it's possible herself.

3. Binghamton University:

   Today I had the opportunity to meet with members of Haley’s immediate family and learn more about her as a daughter, sister and loyal friend, haley was just months away from graduation, with a bright future ahead of her, and it is difficult to comprehend that she will no longer be with us.

4. Brad Monroe:

   It’s just hard to believe that something could be that big, if you fly around it, it’s just incredible. It’s hard to comprehend how big, strong and fierce this fire is.

5. Ludwig van Beethoven:

   Music--the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge, which comprehends mankind, but which mankind cannot comprehend.