поня́тие — meaning in English
ponyatiye
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English meaning
- comprehension noun The ability to understand something, or the act of understanding it.
- concept noun A general idea or notion formed in the mind, especially an abstract one.
- conception noun The moment an egg is fertilized, marking the start of a pregnancy.
- idea noun A thought, plan, or mental impression formed in the mind.
- notion noun An idea, belief, or understanding about something.
Senses
поня́тие is used for these senses in English:
- comprehension A thorough understanding.
- concept Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).
- conception The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.
- idea More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking. [from 17th c.]
- notion Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
comprehension — full definition
- noun The ability to understand something, or the act of understanding it.
- noun (education) An exercise that tests a reader's understanding of a passage of text.