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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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“We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it. That it’s public. Because people need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

For now, the five brain profiles offer a different way to understand depression.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

She offers a tour of her favorite boglands from across the globe, guiding readers through the intricate science of these ecosystems and helping us understand the resilience of the plant, animal and human life there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

"People need to understand that there's serious consequences for these types of things," said Hegseth.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

And because of all those things, I now fully understand why the Flash has to take place.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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

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

After he understands that a little bit better, he says “these are the different ways my life could go.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

“Thank you,” Widget says, though he is not entirely certain he understands the sentiment.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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

Welsh Water said it will invest a record £2.5bn over the next four years, and understood the concerns about sewage discharge.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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

The Fox sisters’ new process for communicating with the dead was understood similarly.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

A deeper understanding of immune behavior in diabetic wounds could open the door to new treatments.

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

Natalie Berg, retail expert and founder of consultancy NBK Retail, suggests the Advantage card gives Boots "a unique understanding of their customers" and is an asset the new owners "will want to double down on".

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Again, I see something pass between the two men—an understanding, an awareness of each other.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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