{
    "term": "comprehend",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "comprehend",
            "heSheIt": "comprehends"
        },
        "pastSimple": "comprehended",
        "pastParticiple": "comprehended",
        "ingForm": "comprehending"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to understand something fully",
            "sensetop": "comprehend somethingcomprehend how/why, etc…comprehend that…",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He stood staring at the dead body, unable to comprehend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The infinite distances of space are too great for the human mind to comprehend.",
                    "contextForm": "comprehend something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She could not comprehend how someone would risk people's lives in that way.",
                    "contextForm": "comprehend how/why, etc…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He simply could not comprehend that she could be guilty.",
                    "contextForm": "comprehend that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She could barely comprehend what was happening to her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He failed to comprehend the seriousness of the situation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She could not comprehend how anyone could endanger human life in that way."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The concept of infinity is almost impossible for the human mind to comprehend."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["fully", "barely", "easily"],
                "verb + comprehend": ["be able to", "be unable to", "cannot"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkɒmprɪˈhend/",
                "audio": "co/comprehend/comprehend__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkɒmprɪˈhendz/",
                "audio": "co/comprehend/comprehends__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkɒmprɪˈhendɪd/",
                "audio": "co/comprehend/comprehended__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkɒmprɪˈhendɪŋ/",
                "audio": "co/comprehend/comprehending__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkɑːmprɪˈhend/",
                "audio": "co/comprehend/comprehend__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkɑːmprɪˈhendz/",
                "audio": "co/comprehend/comprehends__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkɑːmprɪˈhendɪd/",
                "audio": "co/comprehend/comprehended__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌkɑːmprɪˈhendɪŋ/",
                "audio": "co/comprehend/comprehending__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French comprehender, or Latin comprehendere, from com- ‘together’ + prehendere ‘grasp’."
}