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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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"We understand that you may be scared to come forward, but we urge you to contact us," Davies said.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

I understand why you would wonder what to do with that $500,000.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

As an American, as an artist and as a former member of its labor force, I understand that the Kennedy Center is more than a building.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

“There are other folks out there that understand the business but they are challenged by scale,” said Stephen Sorbaro, who took over the company with his brother David from their parents in 1985.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

I don’t understand how the life I thought I had has come to this.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Two people have died following what's been described as a workplace incident at a road in County Down, BBC News NI understands.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

But at a certain point as systems develop no one fully understands what they’re doing, their actions can’t be fully predicted, only observed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

"That has to be within the control of a UK, preferably UK-owned firm, but certainly a UK firm that understands the ethics and way that the NHS works," he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Maye understands that his performance so far simply hasn’t been up to snuff.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

To this day no one quite understands what happened next.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

But until I read its headline writers telling me that Red Sanders’ 1949 beginning with four wins while I was at Fairfax High was before the “modern era,” I hadn’t understood that I’m ancient.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Magnetoreception remains one of the least understood senses found in nature.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

But it is also understood that as a general rule the players' contracts are fully guaranteed, meaning they would not be required to take percentage pay cuts if they lose their top-flight status.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

"Vaccine hesitancy should not simply be understood as a lack of scientific knowledge among the public," Daniel Fritz Silvallana, a health communication researcher at Deakin University, Australia, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

To let her know that I understood, and was happy for her, I smiled and nodded my head.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Understanding his temperament and character is also the starting point for understanding why Barcelona, not Real Madrid, is where his career has turned next after leaving Man City in the summer.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

"This study offers a framework for understanding how different triggers can converge to cause the exact same profound clinical exhaustion."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

It helps deepen understanding of how AI could go wrong, while at the same time raising public awareness of the technology’s risks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Neither capable of growth nor understanding, he’s that guy with just one punchline.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Gingersnipes and Clare exchanged exasperated looks, and in that moment, understanding dawned on Clare.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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