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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescomprensión
Pronunciation / Transliteration: comprensión
"La prueba evalúa la comprensión lectora."
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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
Derived from the Latin 'comprehensio', stemming from 'comprehendere' (to take together, comprise, or grasp), combining 'com-' (together) and 'prehendere' (to grasp). Entering Middle English in the 15th century via Old French, the term originally denoted the physical grasping or inclusion of something before evolving toward the mental faculty of understanding.
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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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