All 5 Uses of
comprehend
in
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- They didn't comprehend them.†
p. 91.5comprehend = understand -- especially to understand it completely
- At last I began to comprehend what girls giggled about.
p. 142.5 *comprehend = understand
- I thought fast as the couple laughed and jabbered at me in incomprehensible Spanish.†
p. 236.9incomprehensible = not understandablestandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incomprehensible means not and reverses the meaning of comprehensible. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- Before I could fully understand, or comprehend enough to respond, Dolores opened the door, screaming still, and upon seeing me, instead of slamming the door she ran like a mad woman down the stairs.†
p. 246.4comprehend = understand -- especially to understand it completely
- She comprehended the perversity of life, that in the struggle lies the joy.†
p. 268.9comprehended = understood completely
Definition:
to understand something -- especially to understand it completely