comprehender

plural comprehenders

1. One who comprehends.

   Less-skilled comprehenders do not know when it is appropriate to draw inferences.

   2005, Margaret J. Snowling, Charles Hulme, The Science of Reading: A Handbook, page 232

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   This mental representation provides the comprehender with a general plan according to which he can organize, interrelate and memorize the incoming information.

   1989, Hans-Wilhelm Dechert, Manfred Raupach, Interlingual Processes, page 138

   There is no seer beside him, no hearer beside him, no comprehender beside him, no knower beside him.

   1908, Paul Deussen, The Philosophy of the Upanishads, page 169

   Synonyms: comprehensor