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understand

[uhn-der-stand] / ˌʌn dərˈstænd /




Usage

What are other ways to say understand? To understand is to be fully aware not only of the meaning of something but also of its implications: I could comprehend all he said, but did not understand that he was joking. To know is to be aware of something as a fact or truth: He knows the basic facts of the subject. I know that he agrees with me. To comprehend is to know something thoroughly and to perceive its relationships to certain other ideas, facts, etc. 

Example Sentences

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When the star hosted “Saturday Night Live” in October, he told viewers who didn’t understand Spanish they had “four months to learn” the language.

From The Wall Street Journal

I spoke to Scott White, Anthropic’s head of product for enterprise, to get a better understanding of how these agents operate and how they stand to transform work, companies and markets.

From The Wall Street Journal

Their goal was to better understand whether the turtles are especially vulnerable to noise created by human activity.

From Science Daily

He embraces important causes but understands that principles cannot be advanced without power.

From The Wall Street Journal

That he understood how important this was, being careful with Thor.

From Literature