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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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I didn’t understand a lot of this world, but I did grow up on Wonder Woman.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

"Left unchecked, it could outrun our ability to understand and control these systems, and so must be pursued very carefully, if at all," Amodei wrote.

From Barron's Sep. 13, 2026

Racing domestically or internationally to grow a superintelligent mind that nobody can understand is a contest nobody wins.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

The findings may also help scientists better understand how Earth's continents developed and how the planet gradually evolved into its modern form.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

To be honest, at the time I didn’t understand much of what they were talking about—only enough to know that I was on Mutti’s side.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

“It’s not clear the president understands the technology. He may just be figuring out what all of this means.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

"The National Intelligence Service currently assesses that Kim Ju Ae is being groomed as the successor and understands she has a younger sibling of unknown gender," the agency said, reaffirming its conclusion on succession.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

“I doubt he’ll deliver, but at least he understands what they need.”

From Salon Sep. 9, 2026

But BBC Scotland News understands Ferguson Marine did not have access to this information, which was issued to "owners and operators" via an online portal.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

She understands that Gina also has anxiety and that Father Anthony is emotionally removed.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

Many details took more than a month to become public, and the event still isn’t completely understood.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

"Alzheimer's disease cannot be understood one layer at a time," said Jian Ma, the Ray and Stephanie Lane Professor of Computational Biology who led and supervised the study.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

Rather than retreat into antiseptic corporate language, it followed the safety message with another language its customers understood: cheap Taco Bell.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

And don't underestimate the importance of keeping backbenchers content, feeling understood.

From BBC Sep. 12, 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

Amid the outcry, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called Saturday for AI companies to "pace the frontier" -- or coordinate a slowdown in the technology's development -- to allow a better understanding of the risks arising.

From Barron's Sep. 13, 2026

“If we’re not tracking and not just understanding the numbers, but understanding the why behind the numbers, we have no ability to respond,” Knight said.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

There is now a growing understanding of the need for respiratory protections and decontamination to help prevent certain cancers that are more common for firefighters.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

But by taking the behavior out of the shadows, organizations can replace that toxic suspicion with something more conducive to trust: a shared understanding of what everyone is doing and why.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

I’m confused through most of my classes and have trouble understanding what the teachers are talking about.

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




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