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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescompréhension
Pronunciation / Transliteration: compréhension
"La lecture et la compréhension sont liées."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
1 sense- 1
The ability to understand something; the action or capability of understanding.
"He has no comprehension of the scale of the problem."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from Latin comprehensio(n-), from comprehendere 'seize, comprise, understand'.
Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Comprehension"?
10 Global Lexicons: How "Comprehension" is said worldwide
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compréhension
Transliteration: compréhension
"La lecture et la compréhension sont liées."
Verständnis
Transliteration: Verständnis
"Sein Verständnis der Lage war begrenzt."
comprensione
Transliteration: comprensione
"Ha dimostrato una buona comprensione del testo."
comprensión
Transliteration: comprensión
"La prueba evalúa la comprensión lectora."
compreensão
Transliteration: compreensão
"É preciso ter compreensão com os erros dos outros."
समझ
Transliteration: samajh
"इस विषय पर उसकी समझ बहुत गहरी है।"
理解
Transliteration: lǐjiě
"阅读理解是语言学习的重要部分。"
이해력
Transliteration: ihaeryeok
"그는 독해력이 매우 뛰어납니다."
理解
Transliteration: rikai
"長文の理解には時間がかかります。"
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