- present participle of understand.
understanding
Example Sentences
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"To have a chance of understanding the long-term impact of human activity on Earth, we have to study the relationship between events in Earth's history and evolutionary transitions."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
But Stevens more aptly fits the conventional understanding of electable, a point that her campaign is hammering home as its closing message.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
Rheinmetall signed a memorandum of understanding with Lockheed Martin to jointly produce American missiles in Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Marian Nicholson, director of the Herpes Viruses Association, has lived with herpes for more than three decades and said public understanding had failed to keep pace with medical knowledge.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Autumn nods in understanding and creeps toward the television, her form as lithe as a mountain lion.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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