- past tense form of comprehend.
- past participle of comprehend.
comprehended
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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"I hadn't really comprehended the fact that maybe I was," Bell tells BBC Sport.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
I intellectually comprehended this rule, but living through it was another thing entirely.
From Slate • Sep. 4, 2025
“The Argonauts” revolutionized the way queer family-making is written about, talked about and comprehended.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025
I am generally aware of trends, but had not comprehended that a toy for babies, a demographic I think of as rather static, would go out of style.
From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2022
He never comprehended, for example, the transparent nature of glass, and in moments of great emotion he would charge the windows at a gallop, with the innocent intention of catching a fly.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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