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# comprehension

noun (comprehension; a comprehension, comprehensions — school exercise)

«comprehension» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Comprehension is understanding: being able to know what something means. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprehension/#m1)
2. (school) A comprehension is a reading exercise where you read a text and answer questions about it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprehension/#m2)

### In the lessons

In English lessons, reading comprehension tests check whether you understood a passage, can find facts, and can infer (read between the lines). In everyday life, something beyond comprehension is too strange or huge to understand. Listening comprehension is used in language lessons.

### Examples

- We did a comprehension about a lighthouse keeper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprehension/#x1)
- Read the passage, then answer the comprehension questions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprehension/#x2)
- Her comprehension of maths improved a lot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprehension/#x3)
- The size of the universe is beyond comprehension. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprehension/#x4)
- Listening comprehension is part of the French test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprehension/#x5)
- Good comprehension means reading carefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprehension/#x6)
- It is a matter of state policy, and therefore quite beyond thy weak comprehension. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprehension/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable for understanding; countable for the school exercise. Verb: comprehend (formal for understand). Related: comprehensible (can be understood). A comprehensive school (UK) is a different meaning: a school for all.

## In Jewish tradition

In English lessons, reading comprehension tests check whether you understood a passage, can find facts, and can infer (read between the lines). In everyday life, something beyond comprehension is too strange or huge to understand. Listening comprehension is used in language lessons.

### Note

Uncountable for understanding; countable for the school exercise. Verb: comprehend (formal for understand). Related: comprehensible (can be understood). A comprehensive school (UK) is a different meaning: a school for all.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «comprehension» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprehension/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«comprehension» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/comprehension.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «comprehension» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comprehension/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«comprehension» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/comprehension.html) on Mova free.