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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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She sent all her atas to school along with her children because "if someone is illiterate, there are many things they won't understand."

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

"There was a protest happening… people with the St George's flags around their shoulders… police lining up. She felt really unsafe. She's twelve. She didn't really understand, why would people be so cross?"

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

While I completely understand not wanting to manage people, saying that outright in an interview probably isn’t the strongest approach.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

I don’t understand why kids who are still catching frogs and wearing Yoda pajamas need to be traveling to expensive out of state tournaments like they’re AC Milan.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

He’d been too young to understand how ugly he was.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

"Now there are rules... laws that protect us. Maybe the maramba understands that, so they do not bother us too much anymore."

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

Board member Tanya Ortiz Franklin said she understands the county’s position.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Laos has yet to confirm any charges but the BBC understands authorities there will hold a press conference later on Friday.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

But it’s unlikely Hegseth understands or even cares about what the actual medical science says.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

No one understands her tough little heart, her courage.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

It is understood The Eagles want a deal worth a minimum £60m for the 26-year-old and have started looking at potential replacements, with Ausburg's Chrislain Matsima among the players monitored.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Deputy Labour Party leader Lucy Powell said Sunday Burnham's mayoral experience away from the London centre of government meant he understood the "bigger, bolder measures" needed to deliver on Labour's election manifesto promises.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

Kuhn, Schiller writes, understood “the tension between the social so-called nothingness of old age and its vibrant realities.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

If indigenous Martian life exists, even as microscopic organisms, introducing Earth-based life could destroy it before it is ever fully understood.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

He told me he thought I understood that this is how the Resistance works.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

That’s good news for fund managers with understanding investors.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Prices had rallied in the early hours to fresh one-month highs, as U.S.-Iranian fighting further disrupted the recovery in supplies that many had anticipated when the two sides agreed to a memorandum of understanding.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

"If we want to conduct a thorough assessment of low-frequency sounds and infrasound, we first need a better understanding of how sensory systems process low-frequency sound and infrasound," he said.

From Science Daily Jul. 19, 2026

Julian Fellowes and “Downton Abbey” really did a number on our common understanding of the upstairs-downstairs social dynamic.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

Jack gasped, suddenly understanding who the man in green was, and what might be happening.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley




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