reading comprehension
nounUK /ˈriːdɪŋ ˌkɒmprɪˈhenʃən/
US /ˈriːdɪŋ ˌkɑːmprɪˈhenʃən/
The ability to understand what you read.
Her reading comprehension improved after she started asking questions about each story.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A test or exercise that checks how well someone understands a text.
The students took a reading comprehension quiz after finishing the chapter.
3. The skill of finding meaning, ideas, and details in written material.
Teachers practice reading comprehension by asking students to summarize paragraphs.
4. In language learning, the ability to understand written texts in a new language.
His Spanish reading comprehension is strong, even though he speaks slowly.