English-Thai Dictionary

comprehend

VT ทำให้ เข้าใจ  understand tam-hai-kaol-jai

 

comprehend

VT รวมถึง  include comprise ruam-tueng

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMPREHEND

v.t.Literally, to take in; to take with, or together. 1. To contain; to include; to comprise.
The empire of Great Britain comprehends England, Scotland and Ireland, with their dependencies.
2. To imply; to contain or include by implication or construction.
If there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Romans 13:9.
3. To understand; to conceive; that is, to take, hold or contain in the mind; to possess or to have in idea; according to the popular phrase, I take your meaning.
God doeth great things, which we cannot comprehend. Job 37:5.
It is not always safe to disbelieve a proposition or statement, because we do not comprehend it.

 

COMPREHENDED

pp. Contained; included; implied; understood.

 

COMPREHENDING

ppr. Including; comprising; understanding; implying.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COMPREHEND

Com `pre *hend ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Comprehended; p. pr. & vb. n.Comprehending. ] Etym: [L. comprehendere, comprehensum; com- + prehendere to grasp, seize; prae before + hendere (used only in comp. ). See Get, and cf. Comprise. ]

 

1. To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire. Who hath. .. comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure. Is. xl. 12.

 

2. To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply. Comprehended all in this one word, Discretion. Hobbes. And if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying. Rom. xiii. 9.

 

3. To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand. At a loss to comprehend the question. W. Irwing. Great things doeth he, which we can not comprehend. Job. xxxvii. 5.

 

Syn. -- To contain; include; embrace; comprise; inclose; grasp; embody; involve; imply; apprehend; imagine; conceive; understand. See Apprehend.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

comprehend

com pre hend |ˌkämpriˈhend ˈˌkɑmprəˈˌhɛnd | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 grasp mentally; understand: he couldn't comprehend her reasons for marrying Lovat | I simply couldn't comprehend what had happened. 2 formal include, comprise, or encompass: a divine order comprehending all men. DERIVATIVES com pre hend er noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French comprehender, or Latin comprehendere, from com- ‘together ’ + prehendere ‘grasp. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

comprehend

comprehend |kɒmprɪˈhɛnd | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 [ often with negative ] grasp mentally; understand: he couldn't comprehend her reasons for marrying Lovat | [ with clause ] : I simply couldn't comprehend what had happened. 2 formal include, comprise, or encompass: a divine order comprehending all men. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French comprehender, or Latin comprehendere, from com- ‘together ’ + prehendere ‘grasp ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

comprehend

comprehend verb 1 Katie couldn't comprehend his message: understand, grasp, take in, see, apprehend, follow, make sense of, fathom, get to the bottom of; unravel, decipher, interpret; informal work out, figure out, make head (s ) or tail (s ) of, get one's head around, get the drift of, catch on to, get. 2 formal a divine order comprehending all men: comprise, include, encompass, embrace, involve, contain. ANTONYMS exclude.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

comprehend

comprehend verb 1 Katie couldn't comprehend what he was saying: understand, grasp, take in, see, apprehend, follow, make sense of, fathom, make out, puzzle out, get to the bottom of, penetrate; realize, perceive, discern, divine; unravel, decipher, interpret, piece together; informal work out, figure out, make head or tail of, get one's head around, wrap one's mind round, take on board, get a fix on, get the hang of, get the drift of, catch on to, latch on to, tumble to, crack, dig, get, see the light, get the picture; Brit. informal twig, suss out, suss; N. Amer. informal savvy. 2 formal German parties comprehend as many political stances as do the British ones: comprise, include, take in, encompass, embrace, involve, contain; cover. ANTONYMS exclude.

 

Spanish Dictionary

comprehender

comprehender verbo transitivo filos Comprender (contener o incluir ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

comprehend

com pre hend /kɑ̀mprɪhénd |kɔ̀m -/ (! 強勢は第3音節 ) 〖com (完全に )prehend (つかむ )〗(名 )comprehension, (形 )comprehensive 動詞 ～s /-dz /; ～ed /-ɪd /; ～ing 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〖しばしば否定文 (に準ずる文 )で 〗〈事 物 人 (の本質 )〉を (しっかりと )理解する ; 〖～ wh節 /that節 〗…か […ということ ]を理解する (understand ) (!進行形にしない ) ▸ I couldn't fully comprehend what he was trying to say [the seriousness of the situation ].彼が何を言おうとしていたのか [状況の深刻さ ]が十分には理解できなかった 2 ｟かたく ｠…を含む , 包括する (include ).～ing ly 副詞 よく理解して .