comprehension

  • 11comprehensión — comprehensión. (Del lat. comprehensio, ōnis). f. p. us. comprensión. * * * ► femenino LINGÜÍSTICA En un acto comunicativo, decodificación adecuada del mensaje por parte del receptor …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 12comprehension — apprehension (see under APPREHEND) Analogous words: understanding, appreciating or appreciation (see corresponding verbs at UNDERSTAND): *knowledge, science, learning, erudition …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 13comprehension — [n] understanding aha*, apperception, apprehension, awareness, capacity, cognizance, conception, discernment, double take*, grasp, intelligence, judgment, ken, knowledge, perception, prehension, realization, sense, slow take*, take*; concept 409… …

    New thesaurus

  • 14comprehensión — (Del lat. comprehensio, ōnis). f. p. us. comprensión …

    Diccionario de la lengua española

  • 15comprehension — [käm΄prəhen′shen] n. [ME comprehensioun < L comprehensio < comprehensus, pp. of comprehendere: see COMPREHEND] 1. the fact of including or comprising; inclusiveness 2. a) the act of grasping with the mind b) understanding or knowledge that… …

    English World dictionary

  • 16Compréhension — Cet article concerne la compréhension. Pour les termes homonymes, voir Intelligence et Raison. « Compréhension » (1986), de Robert Reid. La compréhens …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 17comprehension — noun 1 understanding ADJECTIVE ▪ human VERB + COMPREHENSION ▪ have ▪ He apparently has no comprehension of the suffering of others. ▪ defy …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 18compréhension — (kon pré an sion ; en poésie, de cinq syllabes) s. f. 1°   Faculté de comprendre, de concevoir. Avoir la compréhension vive, aisée, difficile. •   Il n y a guère de gens qui aient la compréhension plus lente, et pour le sens des paroles et pour… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 19comprehension */ — UK [ˌkɒmprɪˈhenʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌkɑmprəˈhenʃ(ə)n] noun Word forms comprehension : singular comprehension plural comprehensions 1) [uncountable] the ability to understand something The students stared at me without comprehension. We have no… …

    English dictionary

  • 20comprehension — com|pre|hen|sion [ˌkɔmprıˈhenʃən US ˌka:m ] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: comprehensio, from comprehendere; COMPRHEND] 1.) [U] the ability to understand something = ↑understanding →↑comprehend comprehension of ▪ They don t have the least… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

Pages