COMPREHENDING

Get the meaning of something

Example: "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"

• apprehend  17
• compass  13
• dig  5
• get the picture
• grasp  8
• grok  9
• savvy  14

• understand  12

• figure  10
• catch on
• cotton on
• get it
• • get onto
  • get wise
  • latch on
  • tumble  10
  • twig  8
  • intuit  6
  • digest  8
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To become aware of through the senses

Example: "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"

• perceive  15

• feel  7
• sense  5
• apperceive  19
• pick up
• • receive  12
  • divine  10
  • hallucinate  16
  • misperceive  20
  • catch  12
  • pick up
  • dream  8
  • ache  9
  • hurt  7
  • suffer  12
  • smell  7
  • touch  10
  • see  3
  • sight  9
  • spy  8
  • hear  7
  • listen  6
  • taste  5
  • find  8
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Include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory

Example: "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"

• cover  10
• embrace  13
• encompass  15