comprehend
com- ‘together’ + prehendere ‘grasp’
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/icons/point.icon UNDERSTAND, COMPREHEND, APPRECIATE mean to have a clear or complete idea of.
UNDERSTAND and COMPREHEND are very often interchangeable.
UNDERSTAND may, however, stress the fact of having attained a firm mental grasp of something.
e.g. orders that were fully understood and promptly obeyed
COMPREHEND may stress the process of coming to grips with something intellectually.
e.g. I have trouble comprehending your reasons for doing this
APPRECIATE implies a just evaluation or judgment of a thing's value or nature.
e.g. failed to appreciate the risks involved
/icons/point.icon INCLUDE, COMPREHEND, EMBRACE, INVOLVE mean to contain within as part of the whole.
INCLUDE suggests the containment of something as a constituent, component, or subordinate part of a larger whole.
e.g. the price of dinner includes dessert
COMPREHEND implies that something comes within the scope of a statement or definition.
e.g. his system comprehends all history
EMBRACE implies a gathering of separate items within a whole.
e.g. her faith embraces both Christian and non-Christian beliefs
INVOLVE suggests inclusion by virtue of the nature of the whole, whether by being its natural or inevitable consequence.
e.g. the new job involves a lot of detail
verb with object
1. grasp mentally; understand:
(しっかりと)〈事・物・人(の本質)〉を理解する; 〖~ wh節/that節〗 …か[…ということ]を理解する(understand) (!(1)通例進行形にしない. (2)しばしば否定的語句を伴う)
e.g. he couldn't comprehend her reasons for marrying Lovat
e.g. I simply couldn't comprehend what had happened.
2. formal include, comprise, or encompass:
…を含む, 包括する(include)
e.g. a divine order comprehending all men.
DERIVATIVES
comprehender noun
ORIGIN
Middle English: from Old French comprehender, or Latin comprehendere, from com- ‘together’ + prehendere ‘grasp’.