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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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Twice weekly, he’ll bring you the insights, news and commentary you need to understand what’s happening, in five minutes or less.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2026

By examining those changes, researchers hope to better understand how the procedure affects inflammation and other processes inside the joint.

From Science Daily Sep. 22, 2026

In his telling, our species will undergo rapid transformation once we understand what’s possible.

From Slate Sep. 22, 2026

Emery needs his players to understand their roles and his methods before having full faith in them and he expects Garnacho to catch up.

From BBC Sep. 22, 2026

It was not the badger’s job to understand why the Afterlife had brought her to his door.

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

He understands why investors would be skeptical, as AT&T’s average revenue per user hasn’t even kept up with inflation.

From MarketWatch Sep. 21, 2026

BBC Scotland understands Petrie's conviction is likely to have an impact on his pension.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

The company hopes the community understands how hard it has tried to limit the damage from this disaster, Lehmkuhl said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

He cares tremendously about humanity and understands that an insolvent U.S. can’t solve our problems.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

It’s slightly garbled but Grandma understands him clearly.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

One thing my dad understood that I think gets overlooked: “Star Trek” wasn’t going out into the galaxy to find aliens that looked different.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

Erika understood why her mother, Bambi, would want medbeds to be real.

From Slate Sep. 22, 2026

It is understood this is likely to begin in the coming days and will involve a single British aircraft, a Voyager, based out of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

He understood that free and open markets allow “more productive use of our nation’s resources, more rapid innovation, and a higher standard of living,” as he said in 1985.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 21, 2026

Watching them, I understood what I’d spent so much time trying to ignore: being alone was better than being with people who didn’t care if I existed.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

They were often, by this point, already convinced something big was coming that would upend our social order, if not our entire understanding of the world.

From Slate Sep. 22, 2026

So far, the company has sought to deepen its understanding of the local environment and provide technical, operational and responsible-sourcing expertise to its Ghanaian counterpart, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 21, 2026

We're in a very privileged position, and it's understanding that privilege and what goes along with it.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2026

“To the degree that Republican candidates are distancing themselves, they’re understanding that they’re actually appealing to newer electorates,” Peterson said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2026

To get her back to understanding why the rules are what they are and why he’s the one who makes them.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy




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