comprehension

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. The act or fact of grasping the meaning, nature, or importance of; understanding.
2. n. The knowledge that is acquired in this way.
3. n. Capacity to include.
4. n. Logic The sum of meanings and corresponding implications inherent in a term.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The act of comprehending, including, or embracing; a comprising; inclusion.
2. n. The quality or state of being comprehensive; comprehensiveness.
3. n. That which comprehends or contains within itself; a summary; an epitome.
4. n. Capacity of the mind to understand; power of the understanding to receive and contain ideas; ability to know.
5. n. The act or fact of understanding; successful exercise of the knowing faculty; grasp of the significance or particulars of anything: as, to be quick of comprehension; the distinct comprehension of a term or of a subject.
6. n. In rhetoric, a trope or figure by which the name of a whole is put for a part, or that of a part for a whole, or a definite number for an indefinite.
7. n. In logic, the sum of all those attributes which make up the content of a given conception: thus, rational, sensible, moral, etc., form the comprehension of the conception man: opposed to extension, extent.
8. n. Synonyms See list under apprehension.

Wiktionary

1. n. thorough understanding
2. n. logic The totality of intensions, that is, attributes, characters, marks, properties, or qualities, that the object possesses, or else the totality of intensions that are pertinent to the context of a given discussion.
3. n. computing a compact syntax for generating a list in some functional programming languages

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. The act of comprehending, containing, or comprising; inclusion.
2. n. obsolete That which is comprehended or inclosed within narrow limits; a summary; an epitome.
3. n. The capacity of the mind to perceive and understand; the power, act, or process of grasping with the intellect; perception; understanding.
4. n. (Logic) The complement of attributes which make up the notion signified by a general term.
5. n. (Rhet.) A figure by which the name of a whole is put for a part, or that of a part for a whole, or a definite number for an indefinite.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. the relation of comprising something
2. n. an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result)