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understand

/ˌʌndɚˈstænd/verb3 syllables

Understand means: perceive (an idea or situation) mentally.

Synonyms for understand31

verb, as in perceive (an idea or situation) mentally

realize, realise, see, visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, figure, picture, image

verb, as in be understanding of

sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise

verb, as in make sense of a language

verb, as in believe to be the case

infer

also used for understand

believe, apprehend, comprehend, grasp, know, perceive, pick up what someone is putting down, get, compass, conceive, discern, grok

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What does understand mean?5

verb

1

perceive (an idea or situation) mentally“Now I see!”

2

be understanding of“You don't need to explain — I understand!”

3

make sense of a language“She understands French”

4

believe to be the case“I understand you have no previous experience?”

5

know and comprehend the nature or meaning of“She did not understand her husband”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with understand?27

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Understand in a sentence

  • To understand it, you have only to read this book.unknown
  • The more you read the book, the less you will understand it.Luornu
  • To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand.AlanF_US
  • If you don't understand something, it's because you aren't aware of its context.Zifre
  • There is another factor, too, that children find it hard to understand.Dejo
  • The more we know about life, the better we can understand what we read.CK
  • Written in technical terms, this book is very difficult to understand.CM
  • If anything comes up that you don't understand, come to me.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of understand

as a verb

past tense
understood
past participle
understood
present participle
understanding
third-person singular
understands