#️⃣#Comprehend /ˌkɒmprɪˈhend $ ˌkɑːm-/ #verb
📚#Thesaurus:
⚪️understand ➡️ to know the meaning of something, or the reasons for something:
✨I understand what you’re saying.
✨Doctors are beginning to understand what causes the disease.
⚪️see especially #spoken ➡️ to understand something, especially the truth about a situation or the reasons for something:
✨I can see why you don’t like him.
✨Do you see what I mean?
✨Oh, I see!
⚪️get #informal ➡️ to understand a joke, what someone says, the reasons why something is true etc:
✨She didn’t seem to get the joke.
✨Do you get me?
✨He explained the math homework twice, but I still don’t get it.
✨I still don’t get why she left.
⚪️comprehend #formal ➡️ to understand something, or understand why something is important:
✨The dream was easy to describe, but difficult to comprehend.
✨They had failed to comprehend the significance of the problem.
⚪️know what somebody means #spoken ➡️ to understand what someone is telling you, or what a situation is like, especially because you have some experience or knowledge about this:
✨‘It can be really hard to give up smoking.’ ‘I know exactly what you mean.’
✨We now know what the scientists meant when they warned about global warming.
⚪️follow ➡️ to understand something such as an explanation or story as you hear it, read it etc:
✨The plot is hard to follow.
✨His instructions were easy to follow.
#Vocabulary
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📚#Thesaurus:
⚪️understand ➡️ to know the meaning of something, or the reasons for something:
✨I understand what you’re saying.
✨Doctors are beginning to understand what causes the disease.
⚪️see especially #spoken ➡️ to understand something, especially the truth about a situation or the reasons for something:
✨I can see why you don’t like him.
✨Do you see what I mean?
✨Oh, I see!
⚪️get #informal ➡️ to understand a joke, what someone says, the reasons why something is true etc:
✨She didn’t seem to get the joke.
✨Do you get me?
✨He explained the math homework twice, but I still don’t get it.
✨I still don’t get why she left.
⚪️comprehend #formal ➡️ to understand something, or understand why something is important:
✨The dream was easy to describe, but difficult to comprehend.
✨They had failed to comprehend the significance of the problem.
⚪️know what somebody means #spoken ➡️ to understand what someone is telling you, or what a situation is like, especially because you have some experience or knowledge about this:
✨‘It can be really hard to give up smoking.’ ‘I know exactly what you mean.’
✨We now know what the scientists meant when they warned about global warming.
⚪️follow ➡️ to understand something such as an explanation or story as you hear it, read it etc:
✨The plot is hard to follow.
✨His instructions were easy to follow.
#Vocabulary
#Essential_English_words
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