COMPREHENSION

[noun] [U]Comprehension is the ability to understand completely and be aware of a situation, facts, etc..He has no comprehension of the size of the problem.How she manages to fit so much into a working day is beyond my comprehension (= I cannot understand it).A comprehension (test) is an exercise which tests a student's understanding of written or spoken language by asking them a set of questions about a piece of text that they have read or which has been read to them.(a) listening/reading comprehension