глагол 1) понимать, постигать, осмысливать, соображать Например: They did not comprehend how hard he had struggled. — Они не понимали, какие огромные усилия он прикладывал. Синоним(ы): apprehend, take in, understand 2) включать, охватывать, содержать в себе; входить в состав Например: Egypt comprehended anciently a prodigious number of cities. — Некогда в Египте имелось множество городов. Five is comprehended in 48 9 times. — Число 5 входит в число 48 9 раз. Синоним(ы): take in, comprise, include, contain
transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French comprendre, comprehendre, from Latin comprehendere, from com- + prehendere to grasp — more at get 1. to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of Example: unable to comprehend what has happened 2. to contain or hold within a total scope, significance, or amount Example: philosophy's scope comprehends the truth of everything which man may understand — H. O. Taylor 3. to include by construction or implication Example: does not prudence comprehend all the virtues? — Thomas B. Silver Synonyms: see understand, include • comprehendible adjective