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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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When it came to privacy, Mathew found, “Facebook was aware that its users did not understand its privacy settings and took advantage of that to a grossly unfair degree.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

To understand their stability more comprehensively, scientists would need to investigate many additional particles collected from a much broader range of locations.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Winemakers are trying to understand and adapt to these new customers who care more about environmental and social justice practices than about brands.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

These are engineering principles—observability, controllability and separation—but you don’t need to be an engineer to ask or understand if these were in place.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

She had no grandparents to ask—her father’s parents were deceased, and her mother’s had disowned them for reasons Janet didn’t fully understand.

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

The BBC understands another woman complained to the force about Harvey before he met Catherine but was told he had not committed an offence.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

This is all incredibly normal, accepted behaviour which anyone who attends a concert regularly already understands.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

When he asks Holmes if she understands why “Who’s on First?” is funny, Holmes reveals she didn’t grasp the premise of their gag.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

"Peter Rice understands talent relations, and in a competitive market, creative talent have choices of where they want to work," Sarandos said on the call Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

No one understands her tough little heart, her courage.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

Doncic, who had 28 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, understood it was more than just Kessler being 7-foot-2.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The cucuys are driven by being feared, but not understood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

He was understood to be enjoying the role and, at the end of the this summer, there was no suggestion Anderson would end his career.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Scientists already understood that excessive double-stranded RNA could provoke potentially harmful immune responses.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

But the two celebrities had more in common than most people understood.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

“His understanding of the crisis has made it so vivid for me in a way that is unignorable,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

There was nothing like that forward-facing sense of understanding or empathy when she first encountered Ramaswamy during his presidential run.

From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2026

A remarkable rock discovered in Papua New Guinea has revealed an unexpected temperature pattern deep beneath Earth's surface, challenging scientists' understanding of how tectonic plates move into the planet's interior.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

Gemma says the support from management within the team was "phenomenal" and "even the firefighters on the ground were understanding how stretched we were in the control room".

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

“Constance, can’t you be more understanding? I’ve business to attend to. Men’s business. And the club’s accommodations are far more suitable for that sort of thing than this ridiculous frou-frou of a house, what?”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood


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