- present participle of understand.
understanding
Example Sentences
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Oh, and any mistaken understandings about what they just said?
From Slate • Jul. 2, 2026
These understandings include attempts to reconcile general relativity with quantum theory — a challenge explored both in philosophy and popular science discussions.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
“What is possible would be some set of understandings on passage through the Strait of Hormuz, which would enable the negotiations to be extended.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
The Law Commission said the current rules for defining "unfitness" were formulated in 1836, adding they were now outdated and did not take modern medical understandings of capacity into account.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
They seem to have no mathematical frame of reference and no basic understandings on which to build.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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