PREHENSION Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

prehension

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Definition of prehension

as in comprehension

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Recent Examples of prehension Of these, the grasping, which will progressively disappear as voluntary prehension emerges around the age of 4–5 months, is of great interest. — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2011 Prehension was seen as a key development for the USC/Belgrade Hand. — Jose Fermoso, WIRED, 26 Sep. 2008

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Noun

The danger is a vacancy in our comprehension, even if a psychiatrist at the film’s close attempts an explanation.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
In a world where students are averaging seven and a half hours a day on screens and attention spans are waning, Connecticut teachers say that students’ reading stamina and comprehension are declining.

— Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of comprehension

Noun

In this conception of macroeconomics, the economy consists of a massive input-output table where every cell in the matrix is a sector that consumes other cells’ outputs and provides inputs to other producers.

— Oliver Melton, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2026
Perspective Films also offers guidance at every step of the filmmaking process from conception to release.

— Jack Dunn, Variety, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of conception

Noun

While trends like these can shift perceptions of beauty and create new aesthetic anxieties, Payne argues that ferritin face also encourages consumers to approach beauty more holistically.

— Amy Francombe, Vogue, 6 Nov. 2026
This perception holds even among the young and the politically and socially progressive, who would never consciously think that such acts are morally sullying.

— Paul Bloom, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of perception

Noun

Comparing election outcomes across various tallying methods provides a better understanding of functions and counting techniques.

— Ismar Volić, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
Police there credit the technology with helping officers locate and arrest suspects while providing a better understanding of potentially dangerous situations before arriving.

— Da Lin, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of understanding

Noun

In the litigation brought by the Iranian immigrant advocacy group, at least a dozen Iranian detainees have said they’ve been contacted by Iranian officials who had knowledge of sensitive information on their asylum claims.

— Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
Candidates should be evaluated on subject knowledge, instructional skill, and their ability to teach students from different backgrounds.

— Ilya Shapiro, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of knowledge

Noun

The movie exudes a startling confidence, at once buoyant and grounded—the kind of assurance that can emerge when a young director’s grasp of the medium, however nascent, is in synch with his feel for his characters and their world.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
And yet, in all three of those games, the Knights were well on their way to a win only to have victory snatched from their grasp.

— Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of grasp

Noun

And there’s this sort of strange, ghostly expectancy, which is quite weird, a mixture of apprehension and fear.

— Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
But the plaintiffs said that the Big Bend Sector ranks last for apprehensions compared to the other six sectors along the southern border.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

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