Understand

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English

Verb

Understand (third-person singular simple present understands, present participle understanding, simple past and past participle understood)

  1. (transitive) To be aware of the meaning of.
    I understand German.
    I received your note, but I did not understand it.
  2. To believe, based on information.
    I understand that you have information for me.
  3. To impute meaning, character etc. that is not explicitly stated.
    But we cannot disappoint Grandma and Grandpa Smith, and that is what family is all about! Do you understand?!
    In this sense, the word is usually used in the past participle:
    In the imperative mood, the word “you” is usually understood.
  4. To apply values (axioms).

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  • Objects: text, word, sentence, note, etc.

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Adverbs for Understand

literally; distinctly; cleverly; dimly; sympathetically; expressly; properly; assuredly; intimately; vaguely; keenly; accurately; theoretically; adequately; subtly; exceptionally; shrewdly; sympathetically; tacitly.

Thesaurus

absorb, accept, agree, allow, appreciate, apprehend, arrange, assimilate, assume, be acquainted with, be afraid, be apprised of, be aware of, be cognizant of, be conscious of, be conversant with, be informed, be with one, believe, catch, catch on, catch on to, cognize, comprehend, conceit, conceive, conceptualize, conclude, conjecture, consider, construe, covenant, daresay, deduce, deem, define, describe, diagnose, dig, digest, discern, divine, dream, empathize with, expect, fancy, fathom, feel, follow, forgive, gather, get, get hold of, get it, get the drift, get the idea, get the picture, get wind of, grant, grasp, have, have information about, have it taped, have knowledge of, hear of, imagine, infer, interpret, ken, know, learn, let, let be, make out, master, opine, penetrate, perceive, perfume, possess, prefigure, prehend, presume, presuppose, presurmise, provisionally accept, read, read into, realize, reckon, recognize, repute, savvy, say, see, seize, seize the meaning, sense, suppose, surmise, suspect, sympathize with, take, take cognizance of, take for, take for granted, take in, take it, take it that, take to be, take to mean, think, tolerate, tumble to, twig, understand by, view, wit, wot, wot of

Etymology

From Middle English understanden, from Old English understandan (“to understand”), from Proto-Germanic *under (“between”) + *standanan (“to stand”), equivalent to Old English under- (“between, inter-”) + standan (“to stand”). Cognate with Eastern Frisian understunda (“to understand”), Old High German understantan (“to understand”), Middle Danish understande (“to understand”). Compare also Dutch onderstaan (“to undertake, presume”), German unterstehen (“to be subordinate”). More at inter-, stand.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ŭn"də(r)-stănd', IPA: /ˌʌn.də(r)ˈstænd/, SAMPA: /%Vnd@(r)"st{nd/
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  • Rhymes: -ænd
  • Hyphenation: un‧der‧stand

Translations

to be aware of the meaning of
to believe, based on information
to impute meaning, character etc. that is not explicitly stated
to apply values (axioms)
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