(v. t.) To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply.
(v. t.) To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.
(v. t.) To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand.
Example Sentences:
(1) 66% of the women did not comprehend how lactation performance could decrease.
(2) As clinicians comprehend more fully the multifaceted areas of resistance to treatment, they will be able to help their eating-disordered patients traverse a therapeutic impasse.
(3) Guillermo Diaz-Pulido, a Griffith University associate professor, said the research was “a major step forward in understanding how seaweeds can harm corals and has important implications for comprehending the consequences of increased carbon dioxide emissions on the health of the Great Barrier Reef”.
(4) What the world is seeing now is what we already knew.” Recent events are difficult to comprehend, Ms Karunatilake said, and left her questioning faith and hope.
(5) The Jewish writer and theologian Arthur Cohen wrote of the Shoah in terms of what he called the Tremendum, something so completely impossible to comprehend, yet so essential that we (all) try.
(6) In each of these cases both the chiropractic practitioner and the emergency room physician failed to comprehend the nature of the problem and take appropriate action.
(7) Calculation of structural features of drugs and modeling of biomacromolecules by means of 3D-computer graphics afford a new approach to comprehend a molecular interaction which is important for drug action.
(8) Environmental samplings on the ward, comprehending 246 contact cultures, resulted in the isolation of C. difficile from 25 plates (10.1%).
(9) Comprehending the nature of this property which couples ionic fluxions into mentality is the quintessential problem of science.
(10) Much of the frustration among the UPC members seems to be inspired by a distant authority making a decision about a conflict it couldn't, in their view, possibly comprehend.
(11) She said: “We struggle to comprehend the warped and twisted mind that sees a room packed with young children not as a scene to cherish but an opportunity for carnage.
(12) "We find it difficult to comprehend James Murdoch's lack of action, given his responsibility as chairman."
(13) The target materials consisted of sentence puzzles that were difficult to comprehend in the absence of a key word or phrase.
(14) It is difficult to comprehend the logic of expecting improvements in this agenda while withdrawing half a billion dollars in funding to many service agencies, and leaving them poised precariously at the mercy of a clumsy and poorly executed “advancement” strategy.
(15) To comprehend speech in most environments, listeners must combine some but not all sounds from across a wide range of frequencies.
(16) Regarding the onset near that age period of capacity to use and comprehend the relational nature of opposition, supporting evidence derives from experimental data on the syntagmatic-paradigmatic shift.
(17) If we then accept our limitations on the precision and order with which we can comprehend it, the understanding of borderline might be supplemented by seeing it in terms of the subjective experience of an integrated self.
(18) Normal and language-impaired subjects did not differ in their ability to infer a connection between the novel word and referent, to comprehend the novel word after a single exposure, and to recall some nonlinguistic information associated with the referent.
(19) The usefulness of functional studies in order better to comprehend the anatomical substrates of PA and their prognostic value are briefly discussed.
(20) All 12-and 14-month-old children comprehended the pointing to a nearby object and most of them also understood the pointing to a distant object.
Embrace
Definition:
(v. t.) To fasten on, as armor.
(n.) To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
(n.) To cling to; to cherish; to love.
(n.) To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome.
(n.) To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.
(n.) To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences.
(n.) To accept; to undergo; to submit to.
(n.) To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court.
(v. i.) To join in an embrace.
(n.) Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.
Example Sentences:
(1) The new Somali government has enthusiastically embraced the new deal and created a taskforce, bringing together the government, lead donors (the US, UK, EU, Norway and Denmark), the World Bank and civil society.
(2) To become president of Afghanistan , Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai changed his wardrobe and modified his name, gave up coffee, embraced a man he once denounced as a “known killer” and even toyed with anger management classes to tame a notorious temper.
(3) Republicans embraced it as a counter to federal school initiatives.
(4) Greece sincerely had no intention of clashing with its partners, Varoufakis insisted, but the logic of austerity was such that policies conducted in its embrace could only fail.
(5) IDCs sometimes embraced or contacted lymphocytes, suggesting their role in the differentiation of the latter cells.
(6) After bone-union the embracing ring device was removed in conjunction with external lotion and active exercises.
(7) Slaven Bilic must show West Ham he is more than a rock star manager | Aleksandar Holiga Read more For Sullivan and co, however, it is a nightmare they are embracing, one which has provided a shot at European football and the opportunity for Bilic to begin with an immediate feelgood run.
(8) We are not doing it as loudly, we're not embracing it quite as much, but the fact of the matter is we do need a much more stimulative fiscal policy."
(9) The indications were initially restrictive but now embrace the quasi-totality of gallstones, complicated or not, and in particular when the patient's general condition is fragile.
(10) At birth, most cochlear neurons displayed peripheral arbors that embraced both inner and outer hair cell receptors.
(11) The bi-annual Leonard Cohen Event was initially hosted during Cohen’s silent period when the singer embraced Buddhism and entered the Mount Baldy Zen Centre to live in seclusion as a Rinzai monk.
(12) Blowing up the flats will on the one hand "serve as an unforgettable statement of how Glasgow is confidently embracing the future and changing for the better", while on the other it will "serve as a respectful recognition and celebration of the role the Red Road flats have played in shaping the lives of thousands of city families for whom these flats have simply been home … " According to David Zolkwer, who as the games' artistic director may have had the idea, the demolition will be "a bold and confident statement that says: 'Bring on the future'."
(13) These processes are structurally stable rearrangements of tissue morphology and are spread in the tissue as a wave embracing more and more cells.
(14) So, if the Fed is afraid that the fiscal cliff may cause a disruption so big that even the Fed's all-encompassing embrace of the markets can't fix it, then it's Chairman Bernanke's word – and not that of Congress – that carries the most weight.
(15) Trump, embracing the spirit of the “lock her up” mob chants at his rallies, threatened: “If I win I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation – there has never been so many lies and so much deception,” he threatened.
(16) It represents a temporary drop in traditionally defined living standards, in exchange for a more equitable and sustainable future – a concept that our grandparents' generation embraced, as they endured rationing but also produced the NHS, social housing and social security.
(17) It was on that occasion that then-opposition leader Tony Abbott said , “we have never fully made peace with the first Australians ... we need to atone for the omissions and for the hardness of heart of our forbears to enable us all to embrace the future as a united people”.
(18) It will highlight the importance of our sport embracing innovation and change as we move forward.
(19) Attempts at such prevention inevitably also embrace prevention of the extraosseous consequences of autonomous hyperparathyroidism, such as the effects of hypercalcaemia, need for parathyroid surgery, and, perhaps, toxic effects of the parathyroid hormone.
(20) For Davutoglu, this ambition entails a "comprehensive" approach embracing enhanced economic, cultural and social ties as well as political and security relations.