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understand [uhn-der-stand]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: appreciate, comprehend
Synonyms: accept, apprehend, be aware, be conscious of, be with it, catch, catch on, conceive, deduce, discern, distinguish, explain, fathom, figure out, find out, follow, get the hang of, get the idea, get the picture, get the point, get*, grasp, have knowledge of, identify with, infer, interpret, ken, know, learn, make out, make sense of, master, note, penetrate, perceive, possess, read, realize, recognize, register, savvy*, see, seize, sense, sympathize, take in*, take meaning, tolerate
Notes: the use of 'appreciate' should involve valuing something or understanding it sympathetically, and when there is no value or sympathy, use 'recognize' or 'understand'; appreciate first meant 'set at a price; appraised'
Antonyms: misinterpret, misunderstand
Main Entry: absorb
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: mentally take in information
Synonyms: assimilate, comprehend, digest, follow, get, get into, grasp, incorporate, latch onto, learn, sense, soak up, take in, understand
Antonyms: misunderstand, not get
Main Entry: appreciate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: recognize worth
Synonyms: acknowledge, apprehend, be aware of, be cognizant of, be conscious of, catch the drift, comprehend, dig, fathom, grasp, know, perceive, read, realize, recognize, savvy, see daylight, sympathize with, take account of, understand
Notes: the use of 'appreciate' should involve valuing something or understanding it sympathetically, and when there is no value or sympathy, use 'recognize' or 'understand'; appreciate first meant 'set at a price; appraised'
Main Entry: assimilate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: absorb mentally
Synonyms: comprehend, digest, grasp, incorporate, ingest, learn, osmose, sense, soak up, take in, take up, understand
Antonyms: misunderstand, reject, unlearn
Main Entry: assume
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: believe, take for granted
Synonyms: accept, ascertain, be afraid, be inclined to think, conclude, conjecture, consider, count upon, deduce, deem, divine, estimate, expect, fall for, fancy, find, gather, get the idea, guess, have a hunch, have sneaking suspicion, hypothesize, imagine, infer, judge, posit, postulate, predicate, presume, presuppose, speculate, suppose, surmise, suspect, theorize, think, understand
Notes: assume means 'suppose to be the case, without proof; take for granted'; presume means 'suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability; take for granted that something exists or is the case'
Antonyms: doubt, not believe
Main Entry: believe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: trust, rely on
Synonyms: accept, accredit, admit, affirm, attach weight to, be certain of, be convinced of, be credulous, be of the opinion, buy*, conceive, conclude, consider, count on, credit, deem, fall for, give credence to, have, have faith in, have no doubt, hold, keep the faith, lap up, place confidence in, posit, postulate, presume true, presuppose, reckon on, regard, rest assured, suppose, swallow*, swear by, take as gospel, take at one's word, take for granted, take it, think, trust, understand
Antonyms: disbelieve, distrust
Main Entry: believe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: assume or suppose
Synonyms: conjecture, consider, credit, deem, expect, feel, gather, guess, hold, imagine, judge, maintain, postulate, presume, reckon, sense, speculate, suppose, suspect, take, think, understand
Main Entry: catch
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hear and understand
Synonyms: accept, apprehend, comprehend, discern, feel, follow, get, grasp, perceive, recognize, see, sense, take in, understand
Main Entry: construe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deduce; explain
Synonyms: analyze, decipher, define, explicate, expound, figure it to be, infer, interpret, one's best guess, parse, read, render, spell out, take, translate, understand
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