understand
/ˌʌndɚˈstænd/verb3 syllables
Understand means: perceive (an idea or situation) mentally.
Synonyms for understand31
verb, as in perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
verb, as in be understanding of
sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise
verb, as in believe to be the case
infer
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
four syllables
misunderstand
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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