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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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Because they can function as stable qubits whose states can be read, scientists are eager to understand exactly how they behave.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

When it came to privacy, Mathew found, “Facebook was aware that its users did not understand its privacy settings and took advantage of that to a grossly unfair degree.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

I recommend spending some time with the list to understand why these boards stood out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

"We can't assume from one melanoma trial that the same approach will work across all cancers, and longer follow-up will be important to understand the effect on overall survival."

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

I can’t let him think that Zara’s more important to me than he is, and while she might be annoyed at first, she’ll understand that this is necessary.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

As another gender-swapped character, Ms. Goerke is the pious Reverend, the only bardo inhabitant who understands that he is dead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

This is all incredibly normal, accepted behaviour which anyone who attends a concert regularly already understands.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

The BBC understands that Moon was repeatedly assured in writing by Companies House that no accounts needed to be filed after the company applied to be struck off, but that guidance was incorrect.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

"Peter Rice understands talent relations, and in a competitive market, creative talent have choices of where they want to work," Sarandos said on the call Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

It is my first time trying out my newly learned words on a native speaker, and when she understands, it feels like magic.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

She added she hoped it could be understood why she had kept her distance from her father and did "not allow him to have contact with our children".

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Doncic, who had 28 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, understood it was more than just Kessler being 7-foot-2.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

But he surely understood that this was an incautiously brief period of measurement, for the river’s annual flow was wildly variable, ranging from about 9.1 million to 25 million acre-feet during the 20-year sampling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

He was understood to be enjoying the role and, at the end of the this summer, there was no suggestion Anderson would end his career.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Charles recognized Estelle’s handwriting and her perfect French, “not a word of which was understood by Miss Fox.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Neurons in the LC are also among the earliest brain cells to deteriorate in Alzheimer's disease, suggesting that the new findings could have implications for understanding and treating these conditions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

“His understanding of the crisis has made it so vivid for me in a way that is unignorable,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

There was nothing like that forward-facing sense of understanding or empathy when she first encountered Ramaswamy during his presidential run.

From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2026

And that, according to Mike Madrid, a leading Republican consultant and expert on Hispanic voters, is key to understanding the largest ethnic demographic voting group in the country.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

There was true learning there, and a great sweep of understanding.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell


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