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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. 

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"These plans have been formed following engagement with community leaders to best understand local concerns and to ensure that the Jewish community that enjoy this special period without fear of harm," they said.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

Researchers are also conducting microbiological analyses to understand what happens to bacteria inside periodontal pockets during treatment.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

With this, scientists hope to better understand dark matter and dark energy, which are invisible but make up 95% of the universe.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

Nepal’s government has said the nature of the disaster took time to understand, catching both countries by surprise.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

Katrien and Annaliese could not understand any more than I could Peter’s deliberately doing something that would attract the attention of the authorities.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

BBC News NI understands the man who died was from Guinea-Bissau, but had lived in Northern Ireland for more than two decades.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

An otherwise chipper cartoonist likened her audience to a “chamber of despair” that nobody else understands.

From Salon Aug. 30, 2026

“He’s cautious about how he reacts. … He doesn’t want people getting ideas on whether something is good or bad because he understands others have better product sense.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

Gudrún Geirsdóttir, a professor of higher education at the University of Iceland, said she understands the concerns of the fishing and agriculture industries but believes Iceland would benefit from exploring EU membership.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

"Good," says Helmuth, but he understands Karl's fear.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

It is understood that work has also begun to create more cells in existing prisons by adapting space used for other purposes, but that is also expected to take months.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

This speed-up could have been caused by ocean conditions, the effect of which is not yet well understood.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

What to do about it is well understood.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

“She did something so economically irrational and inexplicable that it would make no sense other than when understood in the context of defendants’ scheme,” the filing stated.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

For a long time, when he was smaller, he hadn't understood about the No Candy line.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

Accurately identifying species and understanding where they live are essential for measuring biodiversity and protecting it.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

Scientists hope Roman’s observations, paired with other cutting-edge space and ground-based telescopes, will help settle whether dark energy is constant, or if the recent measurements point to deeper problems in our understanding of the universe.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

The new Nancy Grace Roman telescope is similarly expected to revolutionise our understanding of the Universe, including through investigating dark energy.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

Try to approach him from a place of gratitude and mutual understanding, rather than conflict.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

Jason thought of the Elders at Sandy June’s and the love they freely gave him, about how understanding they’d been, and how they reminded him of his grandma.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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