Hyphenation of comprehension

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word comprehension? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

com-pre-hen-sion

Definitions of comprehension:

1.	An ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result) How you can do that is beyond my comprehension He was famous for his comprehension of American literature
2.	The relation of comprising something He admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work

Synonyms of comprehension:

noun	understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
noun	inclusion, involvement

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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