These stotra ("lyrics of praise") quite often were set to music, and people continue to sing them today without necessarily comprehending the full intention of the Sanskrit, much as hymns in Latin were traditionally sung by Roman Catholic believers.
And small children who can read are not necessarily comprehending the text they rattle through, said Peggy McNamara, a reading and literacy specialist at Bank Street College of Education on the Upper West Side.
So when whites, as a society, see violence, crime, and upheaval with a racial component, we see, perhaps, what the media features, but we don't necessarily comprehend the bigger picture, the historical precedent.
They may not necessarily comprehend the implications or prognostic significance of an asymptomatic tumor.
You would be alluding to something, and they may not necessarily comprehend what your point is.
Unlike Violetta, she dies maddened by disease, without comprehending why and without making any moral choice.
Each separate state or entity presents problems without even comprehending what is happening.
Well, I've been living this phenomenon for a while without really comprehending it.
Without fully comprehending it, she is just now learning what goodbye means.
When note-taking, many people make the mistake of mindlessly taking down every word, without really comprehending what is being said.
