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/kɒmpɹɪˈhɛnd/ · com·preh·end
verb
- To include, comprise; to contain. The budget comprehends all expenses for the upcoming fiscal year.
- To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly. After weeks of study, she finally comprehended the complexities of quantum mechanics.
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Did you know? The word appears in Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” (Act I, Scene 2) where Prospero says, “I have with such provision in my mind, that I can comprehend all the world’s mysteries.”