English > comprehend: 3 senses > verb 1, cognition| Meaning | Get the meaning / meaning of something. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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| Example | "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" |
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| Synonyms | grok, get the picture, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend |
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| Narrower | catch on, get wise, get onto, tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get it | understand, usually after some initial difficulty |
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| digest | Arrange and integrate in the mind |
| figure | understand |
| intuit | know or grasp by intuition or feeling |
| Broader | understand | know and comprehend the nature or meaning / meaning of |
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| Spanish | aferrar, aprehender, captar, comprender, entender |
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| Catalan | aferrar, comprendre, entendre |
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| Adjectives | comprehensible, comprehendible | capable of being comprehended or understood |
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| Nouns | comprehension | an ability to understand the meaning / meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result) |
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English > comprehend: 3 senses > verb 2, perception| Meaning | To become aware of through the senses. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Synonym | perceive |
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| Entailed by | discover | see for the first time |
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| experience, receive, have, get | go through (mental or physical states or experiences) |
| note, take note, observe | observe with care or pay close attention to |
| notice, mark, note | Notice or perceive |
| record, register | Be aware of |
| spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart | detect with the senses |
| Narrower | apperceive | perceive in terms of a past experience |
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| catch, pick up | perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily |
| divine | perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers |
| dream | Experience while sleeping |
| feel, sense | perceive by a physical sensation / sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles |
| find | perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place |
| hallucinate | perceive what is not there |
| hear | perceive (sound) via the auditory sense |
| hurt, ache, suffer | Feel physical pain |
| listen | hear with intention |
| misperceive | perceive incorrectly |
| pick up, receive | register (perceptual input) |
| see | perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight |
| see through | perceive the true nature of |
| smell | inhale the odor of |
| spy, sight | catch sight of |
| taste | perceive by the sense of taste |
| touch | perceive via the tactile sense |
| Spanish | apreciar, comprender, entender, percibir, sentir, ver |
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| Catalan | apreciar, percebre, sentir |
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| Nouns | comprehension | an ability to understand the meaning / meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result) |
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English > comprehend: 3 senses > verb 3, stative| Meaning | Include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | embrace, encompass, cover |
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| Broader | include | Have as a part, be made up out of |
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| Similar to | cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address | Act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression |
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| Spanish | abarcar, circundar, comprender, cubrir, englobar |
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| Catalan | cobrir, comprendre, englobar, incloure |
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| Adjectives | comprehensive | including all or everything |
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| comprehensive | broad in scope |
| Nouns | comprehension | the relation of comprising something |
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