reading comprehension

English

Noun

reading comprehension (uncountable)

1. The 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).

   Antonyms: functional illiteracy; illiteracy

   Coordinate terms: literacy; listening comprehension

Translations

reading comprehension

• Danish: læseforståelse
• Finnish: luetun ymmärtäminen (fi)
• French: compréhension écrite (fr), compréhension à la lecture f
• German: Leseverständnis (de) n
• Indonesian: pemahaman bacaan
• Portuguese: compreensão textual f, compreensão de texto f
• Russian: понима́ние прочи́танного n (ponimánije pročítannovo)
• Spanish: comprensión lectora f
• Swedish: läsförståelse (sv) c