comprehension

«comprehension» in Mova's judaism dictionary: understanding: being able to know what something means — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (comprehension; a comprehension, comprehensions — school exercise)

meaning for a pupil

1) Comprehension is understanding: being able to know what something means. tree →

2) (school) A comprehension is a reading exercise where you read a text and answer questions about it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In English lessons, reading comprehension tests check whether you understood a passage, can find facts, and can infer (read between the lines). In everyday life, something beyond comprehension is too strange or huge to understand. Listening comprehension is used in language lessons.

examples

• We did a comprehension about a lighthouse keeper. tree →
• Read the passage, then answer the comprehension questions. tree →
• Her comprehension of maths improved a lot. tree →
• The size of the universe is beyond comprehension. tree →
• Listening comprehension is part of the French test. tree →
• Good comprehension means reading carefully. tree →
• It is a matter of state policy, and therefore quite beyond thy weak comprehension. tree →

note

Uncountable for understanding; countable for the school exercise. Verb: comprehend (formal for understand). Related: comprehensible (can be understood). A comprehensive school (UK) is a different meaning: a school for all.

In the corpora

• Decoding (turning letters into words) and comprehension (understanding what you read) are two different skills.
• Tricky comprehension questions test whether you read exactly what the text says, not what you expect it to say.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «comprehension» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.