understand
Usage
Example Sentences
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“They came here because they knew and understood that Minnesota was a place where taxpayer money could be taken with little risk and few consequences,” Thompson said.
“No players in Japan have that kind of sophisticated understanding of this sector,” he says.
From Barron's
I understood why Ilana resented the assignment—I too had bristled when my parents insisted I read.
“We must understand…how to resist attempts to limit our sovereignty. We will determine for ourselves how many we need and what model we have,” he told a panel in December.
When the first stage of the takeover process was completed on 21 November, there were understood to be around 10 parties left in the running.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
