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{
"term": "comprehend",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "comprehend",
"heSheIt": "comprehends"
},
"pastSimple": "comprehended",
"pastParticiple": "comprehended",
"ingForm": "comprehending"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to understand something fully",
"sensetop": "comprehend somethingcomprehend how/why, etc…comprehend that…",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He stood staring at the dead body, unable to comprehend."
},
{
"text": "The infinite distances of space are too great for the human mind to comprehend.",
"contextForm": "comprehend something"
},
{
"text": "She could not comprehend how someone would risk people's lives in that way.",
"contextForm": "comprehend how/why, etc…"
},
{
"text": "He simply could not comprehend that she could be guilty.",
"contextForm": "comprehend that…"
},
{
"text": "She could barely comprehend what was happening to her."
},
{
"text": "He failed to comprehend the seriousness of the situation."
},
{
"text": "She could not comprehend how anyone could endanger human life in that way."
},
{
"text": "The concept of infinity is almost impossible for the human mind to comprehend."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["fully", "barely", "easily"],
"verb + comprehend": ["be able to", "be unable to", "cannot"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌkɒmprɪˈhend/",
"audio": "co/comprehend/comprehend__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌkɒmprɪˈhendz/",
"audio": "co/comprehend/comprehends__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌkɒmprɪˈhendɪd/",
"audio": "co/comprehend/comprehended__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌkɒmprɪˈhendɪŋ/",
"audio": "co/comprehend/comprehending__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌkɑːmprɪˈhend/",
"audio": "co/comprehend/comprehend__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌkɑːmprɪˈhendz/",
"audio": "co/comprehend/comprehends__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌkɑːmprɪˈhendɪd/",
"audio": "co/comprehend/comprehended__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌkɑːmprɪˈhendɪŋ/",
"audio": "co/comprehend/comprehending__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French comprehender, or Latin comprehendere, from com- ‘together’ + prehendere ‘grasp’."
}