transcription, транскрипция: [ kɒmprɪhenʃ(ə)n ]
( comprehensions)
1.
Comprehension is the ability to understand something. ( FORMAL )
This was utterly beyond her comprehension.
= understanding
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2.
Comprehension is full knowledge and understanding of the meaning of something. ( FORMAL )
They turned to one another with the same expression of dawning comprehension, surprise, and relief.
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3.
When pupils do comprehension , they do an exercise to find out how well they understand a piece of spoken or written language.
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