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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. 

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“Gustavo and I share a lot of things,” he continues, “but any two musicians hear things differently, see things differently, understand them differently — and I think the orchestra is very, very receptive to that.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

"After nearly 30 years in public office, I have come to understand the limits of what government can justly accomplish," Newsom said.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Companies need to understand the scope and seriousness of data center opposition and broader AI anxiety for what it is.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

To understand why this approach matters, it helps to consider how glass normally forms.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

Her—it’s a pact I understand: Don’t upset Ma.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

She is also a loyal and loving mother, who, as she proves in the season finale, understands the power of clear-eyed assessment and a really good chili.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

What a viewer understands after a few episodes is that the characters, while having clearly defined orientations, will throw “identity” aside for a chance at real love.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

The broadband provider has not finalised the number of roles to be cut but it is likely be a sizeable chunk of its 16,000 workforce, the BBC understands.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

The BBC understands the proposals are likely to be revised for most of those currently working in social care.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

But the truth is, Mom is never going to understand me as well as she understands Celia.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Altman acknowledged that the public is concerned about water use and said that whatever the reason, he understood why people might not want to live near data centers, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

But he said that he understood that the review had "rejected" their assertions of bullying.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

He understood what Star Trek meant to people and embraced the community that grew around it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

“I understood that this will not be fast,” she recalled, anticipating the ups and downs her child faces ahead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

And the tree told me something that my heart understood, but it wasn’t in words.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

While many commissioners supported the idea, commission staff said the benchmark was too stringent to employ without understanding how the new sand placement will fare over the next few months or years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Nevertheless, understanding the income bands where one tax rate ends and another begins is important for tax planning — especially when everyone’s looking to get the most out of their money right now.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

In recent decades, the U.S. has pledged aid to Israel in a series of 10-year agreements, the most recent of which was a 10-year memorandum of understanding agreed to by the Obama administration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

For almost nine decades, these two categories provided the basic framework for understanding how magnetic order arises in materials.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Like he was close to understanding everything, and yet everything was taking too long to reveal itself.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste


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