comprehension

Definition

  • noun: ability to understand
  • noun: the act or action of grasping with the intellect
  • synonyms: inclusion, summary, epitome

Examples

  • He has not the slightest 'comprehension' of the subject. [=he does not understand the subject at all]

  • The war caused suffering 'beyond comprehension'. [=suffering that is impossible to imagine]

  • mysteries that are 'beyond our comprehension' [=mysteries that we cannot understand]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) of my home planet. How the hell did they do that, by the way? And where did the Romulans get that kind of weaponry? The engineering comprehension necessary to artificially create a black hole... may suggest an answer. Such technology could theoretically be manipulated... to create a tunnel (..)
    2009 Star Trek