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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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"Regardless of where we're ranking or how we're measuring this event, it's an incredible opportunity to study and understand this very powerful phenomenon in the context of a warming world," said Becker.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

"There's still going to be pressures," he said, but "if people are worried, the best thing they can do is talk to their lender or talk to a mortgage broker to understand their options".

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

But rather than looking at toy categories that were selling to girls, like dolls, and trying to replicate that, we really worked to understand what girls are into.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

The thing is, by the time we’re assaulted by all that, we understand that Pamela has had it, too.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

“Not to mention that I need you here to help with the business like you promised. At least until I can hire more people. You understand that, don’t you?”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

He emphasizes that his coaching staff, which is also deeply rooted in the community, understands the realities of their players’ lives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

As Tomika Anderson wrote in Essence recently, “I want to raise a son who understands that his responsibility to another human being doesn’t end with, ‘I didn’t do it.'”

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

Although he is enjoying his posting, Legrand understands why some young educators leave the profession.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Perhaps because she understands that the internet is not real life, and that her message is resonating with a silent majority.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

It seems a good place to start as she understands the basis of what it is meant to accomplish.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

An 80-year-old man who died in a light aircraft crash is understood to be flying instructor Ian Haggis.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

A substance described as metabolically neutral is generally understood to have limited effects on the body's metabolic processes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

She was someone who understood the meaning of doing small things, how large the effect would be.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

It’s one of the great power ballads of the last 25 years, with a chorus as cathartic as any in modern pop; Cyrus, the showbiz lifer, surely understood the payoff she was building toward.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

No one did get Twitch’s meaning exactly, but they all understood that there was now a larger group of friends, which left everyone feeling a buzz of excitement for the possibilities that might follow.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

“There is no clear understanding yet regarding the meeting itself or its potential agenda, although all three parties acknowledge the hypothetical possibility of such a meeting taking place,” he told The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

By watching these organisms interact in real time, researchers hope to gain a clearer understanding of the complex relationships between plants and microbes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

She added she understood people's concerns around the freshness of the food but her "understanding is that the meals are actually frozen rather than artificially preserved".

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

The most recent paper is also relevant to understanding environmental plastic pollution, said Matthew Campen, professor of pharmaceutical research at the University of New Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

I learn that the rock samples I brought back have advanced human understanding of Mars.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga


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