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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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For days he suffered nightmares as he struggled to understand how he got hacked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

"I think that's something that took me probably the best part of 10 years to understand," she adds, noting that her twin sister did start university in 2011 and had less debt as a result.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Those changes in visibility produce the distinctive pattern of brightening and dimming that the astronomers had struggled to understand.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

Just today, there was a band — I won’t say who it was — but I was interested in hearing their new thing, and I didn’t understand a word until the chorus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Uncle Max,” my dad said finally, giving a look I didn’t understand.

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

He understands how to keep viewers vigilant, how to shock them and startle them as soon as they think they know where he’s headed.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

Novack generally shuns them but understands it is a personal preference for those who can afford it.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Miller-Perkins said she "understands trust has to be earned" and expects to be judged on what her office delivers.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

I think in some ways, this botched execution is emblematic of how everybody understands now what happens in that room, but the jurisprudence and the technologies have occluded that for most of us.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

From what he understands, the plant, which only has about forty on-site workers at any given time, has become a refuge for Applied Energy Services, and Southern California Edison employees.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

It's understood that the payment of that money by the King is to avoid leaving the Crown Estate out of pocket.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

I told her I’d always understood the money as a gift to me, not an investment in the house or an early inheritance for her children.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

The government understood the exact nature of the science and technology in which it was involved.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Protists are among the most diverse and least understood groups of organisms on Earth.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

They trudged on, and soon Torak understood why the Nanuak had tired Renn.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

“I told him that the second pickup game in Slovenia, what I saw from him, just understanding the game better, reading the game, I think he improved a lot in the summer,” Doncic said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

In those systems, understanding how electrons influence and scatter from one another is essential.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

After researching your book, what have you found about people’s common understanding of Rod Serling and “The Twilight Zone” that might not be entirely accurate?

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

Putin received the proposals "with understanding", the Kremlin said, without elaborating on what the proposals were or the Russian president's response.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

I’m already shaking my head, impatient myself at his lack of understanding.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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