UNDERSTAND
\ˌʌndəstˈand], \ˌʌndəstˈand], \ˌʌ_n_d_ə_s_t_ˈa_n_d]\
Definitions of UNDERSTAND
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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be understanding of; "You don't need to explain--I understand!"
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know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"
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perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea"
By Princeton University
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be understanding of; "You don't need to explain--I understand!"
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know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a problem in Euclid; to understand a proposition or a declaration; the court understands the advocate or his argument; to understand the sacred oracles; to understand a nod or a wink.
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To be apprised, or have information, of; to learn; to be informed of; to hear; as, I understand that Congress has passed the bill.
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To recognize or hold as being or signifying; to suppose to mean; to interpret; to explain.
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To mean without expressing; to imply tacitly; to take for granted; to assume.
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To stand under; to support.
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To be informed; to have or receive knowledge.
By Oddity Software
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To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a problem in Euclid; to understand a proposition or a declaration; the court understands the advocate or his argument; to understand the sacred oracles; to understand a nod or a wink.
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To be apprised, or have information, of; to learn; to be informed of; to hear; as, I understand that Congress has passed the bill.
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To recognize or hold as being or signifying; to suppose to mean; to interpret; to explain.
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To mean without expressing; to imply tacitly; to take for granted; to assume.
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To stand under; to support.
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To be informed; to have or receive knowledge.
By Noah Webster.
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To be informed of; know the meaning of; assume or infer.
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To know what something means; to be informed.
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Understood.
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Understanding.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To comprehend: to have just ideas of: to know thoroughly: to be informed of: to learn: to suppose to mean: to mean without expressing: to imply.
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To have the use of the intellectual faculties: to be informed: to learn.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To take in or make out the meaning of; perceive; comprehend.
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To take or suppose to mean; supply mentally.
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To learn; have information of.
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To comprehend.
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To know through information.
By James Champlin Fernald
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To have just and adequate ideas of; to comprehend; to know; to apprehend; to know the meaning of; to suppose to mean; to interpret; to mean without expressing; to know what is not expressed; to learn; to be informed.
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To have intelligence; to be informed; to learn.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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