comprehension

comprensión

Capacidad de captar el significado o la importancia de algo.

En inglés sencillo: The ability to understand the meaning or importance of something.

• This book improves reading comprehension.
• The teacher checked our comprehension of the story.
• The reason for her sudden departure was beyond his comprehension.

Cómo se usa: comprehension of something (The questions test your comprehension of the passage.); beyond someone’s comprehension (His decision was beyond my comprehension.)

Sinónimos: understanding, grasp

Expresiones frecuentes: reading comprehension, listening comprehension, beyond comprehension, full comprehension