- past participle of comprehend.
- past tense form of comprehend.
comprehended
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Online discourse about any show ignites an array of interpretations concerning the producers’ choices, along with revealing who comprehended King’s overarching messages concerning fear.
From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2025
I intellectually comprehended this rule, but living through it was another thing entirely.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2025
“I don't think we really comprehended that at the time.”
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2024
They work at the lowest level comprehended by the contract, they work either too few weeks with an unreasonable pressure on them to produce, or too many weeks without their salaries going up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2023
No one comprehended that really he was ill, that grief had made him so, that grief had drawn a circle around him he could not escape from and others could not enter—except possibly Sue.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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