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   comprehension

   /ˌkɒmprɪˈhɛnʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the ability to understand something: "some won't have the least comprehension of what I'm trying to do"
   • ▪ the setting of questions on a set text to test understanding, as a school exercise: British "comprehension exercises"
   • 2. inclusion. archaic
   • ▪ the inclusion of Nonconformists within the Established Church of England (as proposed in the 17th to 19th centuries but not adopted). historical

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French compréhension or Latin comprehensio(n-), from the verb comprehendere ‘seize, comprise’ (see comprehend).

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