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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

  1. noun The ability to understand something, or the act of understanding it.
  2. noun (education) An exercise that tests a reader's understanding of a passage of text.

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