understood
Example Sentences
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Campaigners say childhood dementia remains one of the least understood and least recognised life-limiting conditions affecting children.
From BBC
The Treasury’s report should be understood as a warning light, not a doomsday clock.
From Barron's
It is understood that US officials had contacted Kittleson a number of times to warn of threats against her, including as late as Monday night.
From BBC
That law incorporates the language of the 14th Amendment, but this view contends that lawmakers in 1952 understood “jurisdiction” in the now conventional sense of ordinary law.
I raised my eyebrows like I hadn’t understood him.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
