comprehend

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• Received-Pronunciation: /kɒmpɹɪˈhɛnd/
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• Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnd/
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• Australian: /kɔmpɹɪˈhend/
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• rhymes with -ɛnd
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA2 M P R IY0 HH EH1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English comprehenden, from Latin comprehendere (“to grasp”), from the prefix com- + prehendere (“to seize”). Doublet of comprend.

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: разбирам (razbiram) — to understand
• Bulgarian: схващам (shvaštam) — to understand
• Catalan: comprendre — to understand
• Czech: rozumět — to understand
• Dutch: bevatten — to understand
• Dutch: doorgronden — to understand
• Esperanto: kompreni — to understand
• Estonian: mõistma — to understand
• Estonian: aru saama — to understand
• Estonian: hoomama — to understand
• Finnish: ymmärtää — to understand
• Finnish: käsittää — to understand
• Finnish: tajuta — to understand
• French: comprendre — to understand
• Friulian: capî — to understand
• German: begreifen — to understand
• German: einsehen — to understand
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (fraþjan) — to understand
• Greek: κατανοώ (katanoó) — to understand
• Hungarian: megért — to understand
• Hungarian: ért — to understand
• Icelandic: fatta — to understand
• Irish: tuig — to understand
• Italian: comprendere — to understand
• Italian: capire — to understand
• Japanese: 解る (wakaru) — to understand
• Japanese: 理解する (rikai suru) — to understand
• Konkani: कळचे (kaḷce) — to understand
• Latin: intellegō — to understand
• Latin: capiō — to understand
• Latin: videō — to understand
• Lithuanian: suvokti — to understand
• Malagasy: mahazo — to understand
• Māori: whēiro — to understand
• Māori: whēiroiro — to understand
• Māori: whekori — to understand
• Māori: orotau — to understand
• Norwegian: fatte — to understand
• Norwegian: forstå — to understand
• Old English: understandan — to understand
• Old English: ongietan — to understand
• Old English: forstandan — to understand
• Old English: gecnawan — to understand
• Old English: gewitan — to understand
• Old English: ymbfon — to understand
• Polish: pojmować — to understand
• Polish: pojąć — to understand
• Portuguese: compreender — to understand
• Quechua: aypay — to understand
• Romanian: înțelege — to understand
• Russian: понима́ть (ponimátʹ) — to understand
• Russian: постигать (postigatʹ) — to understand
• Russian: осознать (osoznatʹ) — to understand
• Sardinian: cumprèndhere — to understand
• Sicilian: cumprènniri — to understand
• Sicilian: capiri — to understand
• Spanish: comprender — to understand
• Spanish: comprehender (disused) — to understand
• Spanish: percanzar (disused) — to understand
• Spanish: diquelar — to understand
• Swedish: inse — to understand
• Turkish: idrak etmek — to understand
• Turkish: kavramak — to understand
• Turkish: anlamak — to understand
• Ottoman Turkish: آڭلامق (anlamak) — to understand
• Vietnamese: thấu hiểu — to understand
• Welsh: deall — to understand
• Zulu: -qonda — to understand
• Zulu: -bona — to understand
• Bulgarian: обхва́щам (obhváštam) — to include, contain
• Bulgarian: побирам (pobiram) — to include, contain
• Czech: zahrnovat — to include, contain
• Czech: obsahovat — to include, contain
• Finnish: käsittää — to include, contain
• Finnish: sisältää — to include, contain
• French: comprendre — to include, contain
• German: umfassen — to include, contain
• Greek: περιλαμβάνω (perilamváno) — to include, contain
• Italian: comprendere — to include, contain
• Latin: capiō — to include, contain
• Norwegian: dekke — to include, contain
• Polish: obejmować — to include, contain
• Polish: objąć — to include, contain
• Portuguese: compreender — to include, contain
• Romanian: cuprinde — to include, contain
• Russian: покрыва́ть (pokryvátʹ) — to include, contain
• Spanish: comprender — to include, contain
• Swedish: omfatta — to include, contain