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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. 

Example Sentences

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This, like so much of the popular understanding of 15th- and 16th-century Florence, is one of those truisms so often repeated as to become banal.

From The Wall Street Journal

As Semenyo reflects on his options, it is understood he does not want the saga to become a long drawn-out process.

From BBC

"Through that we were able to gain and understanding of his ideology, his mindset and what he was hoping to achieve."

From BBC

"Our NSC has lost several of its main functions. And we understand that it will take us at least three or four years to restore these functions," Tarakanov added.

From Barron's

The researchers discovered that people tend to blink less when they are working harder to understand speech in noisy settings.

From Science Daily