understand
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These psychiatric conditions affect millions of people worldwide, yet they remain difficult to diagnose because scientists have not fully understood their underlying molecular causes.
From Science Daily
Until recently, scientists lacked detailed information about how bigscale pomfret and similar species move through the ocean, limiting understanding of their ecological role.
From Science Daily
Think of it like learning the rhythm of your own kitchen, except bigger, louder, and fluorescent-lit: once you understand it, your budget stretches in ways that feel almost effortless.
From Salon
Combine its aesthetic imperfections with a historically high crime rate and you can understand why newcomers to greater Kansas City are told to look north, east or south for housing—but not west.
What the immigrants share, however, is a belief that understanding Canada starts with understanding curling.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
