- past participle of understand.
- past tense form of understand.
understood
Example Sentences
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Italian heavyweights Juventus and AC Milan, plus Galatasaray, are all understood to be keen on the Portugal playmaker, who has a £57m release clause available to overseas clubs.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Ancient Egyptians understood hardware just like punks understood hardware just like bikers understood hardware just like I, walking through my office metal detector every week, understand hardware.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
So is a poorly understood corner of the Treasury market that’s looking interesting right now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Phylogenetic analyses indicate that Silescelida acristata may be related to the Euparkeriidae, a rare group of archosauriforms that is still poorly understood by science.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
I understood now why our moms had tried so hard to grow a friendship between Sela and me—to give us what they’d never had.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
