Meaning
- (transitive) to understand; to comprehend
- (transitive) to understand; to get (to know how a person feels)
- (transitive) to include; to encompass; to comprise
Concepts
get a grip on
latch on to
make head or tail
make heads or tails
make sense out of
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/kõ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ʁ)/
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin comprehendere (“to grasp”). Cf. the older variant comprehender, as well as the inherited comprender. The latter was likely modified into its current form to more closely reflect the Latin etymology.
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