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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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The researchers want to understand the molecular changes surrounding abnormal tau accumulation and how those changes contribute to the progressive loss of brain tissue.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026

“We understand that this is a bold proposal, and I think that the crisis demands a bold proposal,” Kim said in an interview.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2026

Overall, this means investors should understand the relationships and sensitivities across asset classes when thinking about an asset’s role.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 15, 2026

"All in all, we need to understand that wins here when you're under a bit of pressure, they're all pretty precious."

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026

“Do not let go of my hand, understand, cher? Do not let go.”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

She said she now understands the social importance of paying taxes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

The plea came from someone who knows Michael Carrick well, has worked with him and understands at first hand the pressures of life in the United goldfish bowl.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

On the other hand, Buck understands the technology that has propelled Nvidia to much of its success, Vrachas said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

That matters, because someone with Canelo’s cultural power can help define who the public understands as authentically Mexican.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

From the silence, I know everyone understands what he means, too.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

A new study from the University of Otago, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka, has revealed a surprising divide in the fortunes of one of New Zealand's least understood penguin species.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026

It added it is understood this "can, in appropriately selected patients, negate the requirement for surgery".

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

"We deliberately chose enterprise as a focus because we understood that it was synergistic with our focus on safety," he said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

He understood that national defense required cooperation across party lines and cultivated congressional support accordingly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Duane decided to take Magic’s advice, at least to the extent that he understood it.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

She later completed a PhD in fluid dynamics, and last year became Cambridge University's first professor of the public understanding of mathematics.

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026

“There used to be a push for understanding any sort of civil or criminal litigation history,” says Shultz, who previously worked as a CIA officer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026

More progress is likely from US-China exchanges between AI governance and technical researchers, "who can compare evaluations and exchange their understanding of AI safety and policy," she said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

"But it's not just physicists who should be participating in this research. Chemists have decades of developed intuition about chemical systems that could be easily translated into understanding defects in solids as well."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026

The shareholders who financed the risk taking had no real understanding of what the risk takers were doing, and, as the risk taking grew ever more complex, their understanding diminished.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis


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