textunderstanding
nounUK /ˈtekst ˌʌndəˈstændɪŋ/
US /ˈtekst ˌʌndərˈstændɪŋ/
The ability to read something and know what it means.
Good textunderstanding helps you follow the story in a book.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A computer's ability to figure out what written words mean.
The app uses textunderstanding to answer your questions.
3. The skill of understanding hard or tricky writing.
Her textunderstanding improved after she learned more vocabulary.
4. The act of working out the message hidden in a piece of writing.
Careful textunderstanding revealed the joke in the poem.