transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌkäm-pri-ˈhend, -prē- ]
transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French comprendre, comprehendre, from Latin comprehendere, from com- + prehendere to grasp — more at get
Date: 14th century
1. : to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of
unable to comprehend what has happened
2. : to contain or hold within a total scope, significance, or amount
philosophy's scope comprehend s the truth of everything which man may understand — H. O. Taylor
3. : to include by construction or implication
does not prudence comprehend all the virtues? — Thomas B. Silver
Synonyms: see understand , include
• com·pre·hend·ible -ˈhen-də-bəl adjective