Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to comprehend
Participle: comprehended
Gerund: comprehending
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | comprehend |
| you | comprehend |
| he;she;it | comprehends |
| we | comprehend |
| you | comprehend |
| they | comprehend |
Perfect
| I | have comprehended |
| you | have comprehended |
| he;she;it | has comprehended |
| we | have comprehended |
| you | have comprehended |
| they | have comprehended |
Past
| I | comprehended |
| you | comprehended |
| he;she;it | comprehended |
| we | comprehended |
| you | comprehended |
| they | comprehended |
Pluperfect
| I | had comprehended |
| you | had comprehended |
| he;she;it | had comprehended |
| we | had comprehended |
| you | had comprehended |
| they | had comprehended |
Future
| I | will comprehend |
| you | will comprehend |
| he;she;it | will comprehend |
| we | will comprehend |
| you | will comprehend |
| they | will comprehend |
Future Perfect
| I | will have comprehended |
| you | will have comprehended |
| he;she;it | will have comprehended |
| we | will have comprehended |
| you | will have comprehended |
| they | will have comprehended |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | comprehend |
| you | comprehend |
| he;she;it | comprehend |
| we | comprehend |
| you | comprehend |
| they | comprehend |
Perfect
| I | have comprehended |
| you | have comprehended |
| he;she;it | have comprehended |
| we | have comprehended |
| you | have comprehended |
| they | have comprehended |
Imperfect
| I | comprehended |
| you | comprehended |
| he;she;it | comprehended |
| we | comprehended |
| you | comprehended |
| they | comprehended |
Pluperfect
| I | had comprehended |
| you | had comprehended |
| he;she;it | had comprehended |
| we | had comprehended |
| you | had comprehended |
| they | had comprehended |
Conditional
Present
| I | would comprehend |
| you | would comprehend |
| he;she;it | would comprehend |
| we | would comprehend |
| you | would comprehend |
| they | would comprehend |
Perfect
| I | would have comprehended |
| you | would have comprehended |
| he;she;it | would have comprehended |
| we | would have comprehended |
| you | would have comprehended |
| they | would have comprehended |
Imperative
| you | comprehend |
| we | Let's comprehend |
| you | comprehend |
Verbs conjugated like 'comprehend'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'comprehend'
uncomprehend,
apprehend,
complement,
copresent,
deprehend,
forehend,
miscomprehend,
prehend,
reprehend,
commend,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- understand
- apprehend, conceive, realize, discern, grasp, assimilate, know, perceive
- comprise
- include, subsume, embrace, contain, take, embody, involve
Antonyms
- understand
- misunderstand, mistake, misapprehend, misinterpret
- comprise
- lack, want, exclude
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1340, "to grasp with the mind," from L.
comprehendere "to grasp, seize," from
com- "completely" +
prehendere "to catch hold of, seize" (see prehensile).
Comprehensive "containing much" is from 1662.
2. From Middle English comprehenden, from Latin comprehendere (“to grasp”), from the prefix com- + prehendere (“to seize”). Doublet of comprend. See: Latin '
comprehendere'.
Verbs referencing "comprehend"
Esperanto
kompreni, Spanish
comprender.
Sample Sentences
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[...] of little consequence; and that, to use a common phrase, ‘it comes to very much the same thing in the end. ’ Be this as it may, I know that the dinner of that day was undeniably perfect; that it comprehended all these items, and a great many more; and that we all did ample justice to it. And I know too, that, bating a certain tacit avoidance of any allusion to to-morrow; such as may be supposed to [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] turns her head a little on one side like a person listening closely; her lips are apart; she seems scarcely to breathe; and her countenance, at first anxious, gradually changes to a smile, as she comprehends the lesson. She then holds up her tiny fingers, and spells the word in the manual alphabet; next, she takes her types and arranges her letters; and last, to make sure that she is right, she takes [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ What else could she spect on him ? ” said Aunt Chloe, indignantly, while the two boys, who now seemed to comprehend at once their father's destiny, clung to her gown, sobbing and groaning vehemently.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The great drawing-room, which I have already mentioned, and the other chambers on the ground-floor, were crowded to excess. The company was not, in our sense of the term, select, for it comprehended persons of very many grades and classes; nor was there any great display of costly attire: indeed, some of the costumes may have been, for aught I know, grotesque enough. But the decorum and [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] infinitely above their powers; and when they had blundered through three or four dreary passages concerning the Treaty of Amiens, and other thrilling topics of the same nature (obviously without comprehending ten words ), I expressed myself quite satisfied. It is very possible that they only mounted to this exalted stave in the Ladder of Learning for the astonishment of a visitor; and that at other [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)