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comprehension
 
Noun comprehension has 2 senses
  1. comprehension - an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result); "how you can do that is beyond my comprehension"; "he was famous for his comprehension of American literature"
    --1 is a kind of     understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
    Antonyms: incomprehension
    Derived forms: verb comprehend2, verb comprehend1
  2. inclusion, comprehension - the relation of comprising something; "he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work"
    --2 is a kind of involvement
    Derived form: verb comprehend3
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