Understand

[ʌndə'stænd] or ['ʌndɚ'stænd]

Definition

(verb.) know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; 'She did not understand her husband'; 'I understand what she means'.

(verb.) perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; 'Now I see!'; 'I just can't see your point'; 'Does she realize how important this decision is?'; 'I don't understand the idea'.

(verb.) believe to be the case; 'I understand you have no previous experience?'.

(verb.) make sense of a language; 'She understands French'; 'Can you read Greek?'.

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Definition

(v. t.) To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a problem in Euclid; to understand a proposition or a declaration; the court understands the advocate or his argument; to understand the sacred oracles; to understand a nod or a wink.

(v. t.) To be apprised, or have information, of; to learn; to be informed of; to hear; as, I understand that Congress has passed the bill.

(v. t.) To recognize or hold as being or signifying; to suppose to mean; to interpret; to explain.

(v. t.) To mean without expressing; to imply tacitly; to take for granted; to assume.

(v. t.) To stand under; to support.

(v. i.) To have the use of the intellectual faculties; to be an intelligent being.

(v. i.) To be informed; to have or receive knowledge.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Apprehend, conceive, perceive, know, COMPREHEND, penetrate, discern, see, have knowledge of, see through, make out.[2]. Interpret, take, suppose to mean.[3]. Mean, imply.

v. n. [1]. [Rare.] Be an intelligent being, have understanding.[2]. Learn, hear, be apprised, be informed.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Apprehend, comprehend, know, perceive, discern, conceive, learn, recognize,Interpret, imply

ANT:Misapprehend, miscomprehend, ignore, misinterpret, declare, state, enunciate,express

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Definition

v.t. to comprehend: to have just ideas of: to know thoroughly: to be informed of: to learn: to suppose to mean: to mean without expressing: to imply.—v.i. to have the use of the intellectual faculties: to be informed: to learn.—adj. Understan′dable.—p.adj. Understan′ded (obs.) understood (with of).—n. Understan′ding the act of comprehending: the faculty or the act of the mind by which it understands or thinks: the power to understand: knowledge: exact comprehension: agreement of minds: harmony.—adj. knowing skilful.—adv. Understan′dingly.—Understands′ in Scotch Version of Psalms used for Understandest.

Typist: Nelly

Examples

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