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comprehend

verb as in include

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Example Sentences

Indeed, when Elliott scored there was an air of disbelief, the supporters inside the ground struggling to comprehend what had just happened given how dominant the hosts had been.

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Those approaches all fail to capture or comprehend the quantum nature of Trumpian discourse; he’s like Schrödinger’s cat, stuffed with Burger King and Ozempic.

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"I felt really violated but… I don't think I fully comprehended."

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Harry's task is to steadily comprehend, with Desiree’s patience and guidance, what it means for her to be her natural self.

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But to the deputies who work there, the change is still difficult to comprehend.

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What are other ways to say comprehend?

To comprehend is to know something thoroughly and to perceive its relationships to certain other ideas, facts, etc. To know is to be aware of something as a fact or truth: He knows the basic facts of the subject. I know that he agrees with me. To understand is to be fully aware not only of the meaning of something but also of its implications: I could comprehend all he said, but did not understand that he was joking.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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