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precomprehend

precomprehend verb: to comprehend in advance.

Verb

precomprehend (third-person singular simple present precomprehends, present participle precomprehending, simple past and past participle precomprehended)

  1. (transitive) To comprehend in advance.
    • Thus, beyond Trakl's immediate experience of 'horror', we already precomprehend the profound sense of anguish that was ripping him apart.2001, Ashok Kara, The Ghosts of Justice, page 263

Forms of precomprehend

third-person singular presentprecomprehends
present participleprecomprehending
past participleprecomprehended
pastprecomprehended

Origin of precomprehend

From pre- + comprehend.

Questions about precomprehend

What does precomprehend mean?
Precomprehend means to comprehend in advance.
What part of speech is precomprehend?
Precomprehend is a verb.
What is the past tense of precomprehend?
The past tense of precomprehend is precomprehended.

Words near precomprehend in the dictionary

  1. precomposition
  2. precompositional
  3. precompositionally
  4. precompositions
  5. precompound
  6. precomprehend
  7. precomprehended
  8. precomprehending
  9. precomprehends
  10. precompress
  11. precompressed

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