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Definitions of understand
  1. verb
    believe to be the case
    "I understand you have no previous experience?"

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  2. verb
    make sense of a language
    "She understands French"

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  3. verb
    perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
    "I don't understand the idea"

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  4. verb
    be understanding of
    "You don't need to explain--I understand!"
  5. verb
    know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
    "She did not understand her husband" "I understand what she means"
Definition that contains understand
  • hold understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
  • answer understand the meaning of
  • figure understand
  • grasp understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
  • resolve understand the meaning of
  • appreciation understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
  • twig understand, usually after some initial difficulty
  • empathy understanding and entering into another's feelings
  • tumble understand, usually after some initial difficulty
  • hindsight understanding the nature of an event after it has happened
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