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1understand — ► VERB (past and past part. understood) 1) perceive the intended meaning of (words, a language, or a speaker). 2) perceive the significance, explanation, or cause of. 3) interpret or view in a particular way. 4) infer from information received.… …
2understand — verb (understood; standing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English understandan, from under + standan to stand Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to grasp the meaning of < understand Russian > b. to grasp the reasonableness of …
3understand — verb ADVERB ▪ clearly, well ▪ completely, fully, perfectly, quite, thoroughly, totally, truly ▪ …
4understand — verb past tense and past participle understood / stUd/ (not in progressive) 1 MEANING (I, T) to know the meaning of what someone is telling you, or the language that they speak: She doesn t understand English try Spanish. | I m sorry, I don t… …
5understand — verb /ˌʌn.də(r)ˈstænd/ a) To be aware of the meaning of. I understand German. b) To believe, based on information. I received your note, but I did not understand it. Syn: apprehend …
6understand — verb (past and past participle understood) 1》 perceive the intended meaning of (words, a speaker, or a language). ↘perceive the significance, explanation, or cause of. ↘interpret or view in a particular way. 2》 infer from information… …
7understand — verb 1) he couldn t understand anything we said Syn: comprehend, grasp, take in, see, apprehend, follow, make sense of, fathom; informal work out, figure out, make head or tail of, get; Brit.; informal twig, suss 2) …
8understand — I verb absorb, apperceive, appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, be apprised, be informed, cognize, comprehend, conceive, conclude, conjecture, deduce, digest, discern, fathom, gather, glean, grasp, infer, intellegere, internalize, know, learn,… …
9understand — [[t]ʌ̱ndə(r)stæ̱nd[/t]] ♦ understands, understanding, understood 1) VERB: no cont If you understand someone or understand what they are saying, you know what they mean. [V n] I think you heard and also understand me... [ …
10understand */*/*/ — UK [ˌʌndə(r)ˈstænd] / US [ˌʌndərˈstænd] verb [never progressive] Word forms understand : present tense I/you/we/they understand he/she/it understands present participle understanding past tense understood UK [ˌʌndə(r)ˈstʊd] / US [ˌʌndərˈstʊd]… …
