"powers of comprehension" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to someone's capacity to understand something. For example, "Although she had only read a few chapters, she had already demonstrated an impressive level of powers of comprehension."
Natural disasters challenge our powers of comprehension.
'What you now say passes my poor powers of comprehension.
Played by a jumble of armored men, none recognizable by face, football also challenges an artist's powers of comprehension.
I do hope readers will understand that it was beyond my capabilities, not to mention their powers of comprehension, to juggle three games in one column.
In fact there's probably no point me even telling you". The man questioning my powers of comprehension was Gary Rolfe, a British dog-musher who has been living in a hamlet on Scoresbysund in eastern Greenland since 2007.
My sister burst into tears, more upset by guilt and fear of punishment than by the sight that had appeared before our eyes, which was probably beyond her powers of comprehension.
But objectivity normally implies some degree of realism, and while Beckmann paints scenes that are easily readable as consisting of people and things in varying situations, their content is far from obvious and requires us to give the fullest rein to our powers of intuitive comprehension.
It improves our powers of expression and comprehension, and opens the imagination.
The researches that have been done recently indicated that individuals' ability to learn and interact might increase when the proper conditions are met that suitable for every single individual in terms of pace of comprehension and power of understanding.
But I am concerned there is a lack of comprehension behind the market power of women".
He said: "Despite being presented with a substantial cache of evidence, Ofgem officials stated they had neither the required powers nor comprehension to properly investigate the suspicious trading, and didn't bother interviewing key witnesses as part of their probe".
