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1.
Comprehension is the ability to understand something. (FORMAL)
This was utterly beyond her ~.
= 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 ~, surprise, and relief.
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3.
When pupils do ~, they do an exercise to find out how well they understand a piece of spoken or written language.
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