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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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"This genetic variation has been associated with increased Alzheimer's risk in large genetic studies before, and now we may understand why it's connected," Rey says.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

"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

Felix Heide, a German-born engineer and computer scientist at Princeton University who regularly returns to Munich for Oktoberfest, said he could not understand the attraction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Like, Berlin Chambers could now understand more than half of what was being said.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

In Ms. Browne’s compression, the reader immediately understands how Darwin’s diverse interests came to fit together like the pieces of a puzzle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 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

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

Britain is in talks with EU partners to release additional strategic fuel reserves, including diesel, if needed, the BBC understands.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

“The helicopter is indeed correct. It is important that he understands what to look for once he is in the air,” Guardian says.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

Adams said at the start of training camp — months after the Eagles traded Brown to the New England Patriots — that he understood that was part of the business.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 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

"In two dimensions, the conformal field theories are not as well understood, so this is an exciting opportunity," Sun says.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Mr. Gates underscored this in the Klein interview: “There’s never been a product that’s less understood in terms of what its capabilities are than AI.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

As a celebrity himself, Elisha understood Maggie’s life on tour, and the many temptations put in her path.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

"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

But a result that does nothing to advance human understanding, they contend, can hardly be called mathematics.

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

He said the community had been "very understanding" that the force can "only talk about certain things".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

I can’t make him understand, when he’s committed to not understanding me at all.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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