Meanings
- uncountableThe ability, or degree of ability, not only to read words at all but also to understand the meaning conveyed by collections of words (such as phrases, sentences, and documents).
Near-synonym: functional literacy
Synonyms: w:functional literacy · Antonyms: w:functional illiteracy, illiteracy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe ability, or degree of ability, not only to read words at all but also to understand the meaning conveyed by collections of words (such as phrases, sentences, and documents).
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 閱讀理解 /阅读理解
- 閱讀理解 /阅读理解reading comprehension
Danish læseforståelse
- læseforståelsereading comprehension
Finnish luetun ymmärtäminen
- luetun ymmärtäminenreading comprehension
French compréhension écrite, compréhension à la lecture
- compréhension écritereading comprehension
- compréhension à la lecturereading comprehension
German Leseverständnis
- Leseverständnisreading comprehension
Indonesian pemahaman bacaan
- pemahaman bacaanreading comprehension
Japanese 読解
- 読解reading comprehension
Portuguese compreensão textual, compreensão de texto
- compreensão textualreading comprehension
- compreensão de textoreading comprehension
Russian понима́ние прочи́танного
- понима́ние прочи́танного (ponimánije pročítannovo)reading comprehension
Spanish comprensión lectora
- comprensión lectorareading comprehension
Swedish läsförståelse
- läsförståelsereading comprehension
Cite this entry
reading comprehension. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reading%20comprehension
“reading comprehension.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reading%20comprehension. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reading comprehension,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reading%20comprehension.
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