Understand

Word UNDERSTAND
Character 10
Hyphenation un der stand
Pronunciations /ˌɞndəɹˈstand/

Definitions and meanings of "Understand"

What do we mean by understand?

To become aware of the nature and significance of; know or comprehend. intransitive verb

To become aware of the intended meaning of (a person or remark, for example). intransitive verb

To know and be tolerant or sympathetic toward. intransitive verb

To know thoroughly by close contact or long experience with. intransitive verb

To learn indirectly or infer, as from hearsay. intransitive verb

To assume to be or accept as agreed. intransitive verb

To supply or add (words or a meaning, for example) mentally. intransitive verb

To have understanding, knowledge, or comprehension. intransitive verb

To have sympathy or tolerance. intransitive verb

To learn something indirectly or secondhand; gather. intransitive verb

To receive from a word or collocation of words or from a sign the idea it is intended to convey: with the thing said, the person speaking, or the language as the direct object of the verb.

To interpret the signification of; seize the idea of; comprehend as resulting from a thought, principle, or rule; explain.

To receive information about; learn by paying heed to what is said and done; consider.

To know in substance, as a fact or saying; be acquainted with; recognize.

To take as meant or implied; imply; infer; assume; take for granted: chiefly in the past participle.

To recognize as implied or meant, although not expressed; supply mentally, as a word necessary to bring out the sense of an author: as, in the phrase ‘All are mortal,’ we must understand the word men, living beings, or the like.

To stand under.

To grasp a concept fully and thoroughly, especially (of words, statements, art, etc.) to be aware of the meaning of and (of people) to be aware of the intent of.

To believe, to think one grasps sufficiently despite potentially incomplete knowledge.

(obsolete outside circus, acrobatics) To stand underneath, to support.

This is the main objective of both sides of every story. Each story shall equally be relevant and important. Understanding is imperative, one shall not be allowed to step on another as he or she pleases and get away with it. It doesn't matter who was right, or wrong. The main objective today is understanding. We are imperfectly made, but our God given strength is understanding, love. Urban Dictionary

The word you get hit with when you’re in the friend zone Urban Dictionary

A word that is used when replying to text messages that you really have no comment. Also used in situations when anger is not an option. When, you have anger but want to use one word to describe how you feel, you can use this word. Understandable stops problems immediately with the other person. Also, this word makes people feel comfortable. ONE SIMPLE WORD MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE. Urban Dictionary

3 in Supreme Mathematics what shows and proves the completion of Knowledge and Wisdom (man, woman, child) Urban Dictionary

Typing understanding but your brain doesn't work so it comes out as "Understandment" Urban Dictionary

A term used to describle the level of comprehension Urban Dictionary

Understanding someone in a type of way that makes you try to understand it again. Urban Dictionary

A response to a question when agreeing with somebody and not sure what else to say. A phrase that many people think they make up but is actually used in daily life. It is a very common text message response and fun to say and argue with. Urban Dictionary

(also: Understanding) that capacity of the intellect(with the aid of the body and the senses), alongside reason(with which it exists in reciprocity) which enables man to have insight and substance to the words and concepts he makes use of. not only that but to see, to perceive. in its essentialy quality of being it is feminine. for simplicity's sake, we may remind ourselves that we have a brain which has two hemispheres, the left hemisphere correlated with the right hand and has to do with rational thought, reason and logic. the right hemishpehre correlated with left hand, and has to do with imagination, originality, 'irrational' feelings so on and so forth. the understanding enables us to add new data to an idea, under a concept, words. and synthesize differnt elements from differnt ideas and concepts. it is creative. reason enables us to analyze, critisize. but the understanding enables us to see immediately when its enough, to have temperamence and ingenuity, what time , continuous strife and practice in themselves cannot give us. it is true, reason is that which makes us differnt from the 'animals' (or our 'lower' nature). but in a way the understanding is that which makes us different from robots. interestinly enough, the term understanding isn't only used in psychology and philosophy, but in our daily regular and subconscious speech. Urban Dictionary

Being full of understandment Urban Dictionary

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The word "understand" in example sentences

A person near expressed a fear that he did not understand what I said, being so weak and near death, but he quickly, and with great emphasis, exclaimed, '_I hear, I understand_' While I was praying his expression of countenance was most lovely. ❋ Eugene Stock (1882)

And that is not the worst of it; they can't understand that _I can't understand_ them. ❋ Jacob Abbott (1841)

And some pious neighbors, earnestly exhorting him to solemn concern and preparation, could not make him understand, we repeat with emphasis, _understand_ why there was occasion for any extraordinary disturbance of mind. ❋ John Foster (1806)

For God has so ordered the Prophecies, that in the latter days _the wise may understand, but the wicked shall do wickedly, and none of the wicked shall understand_, Dan. xii. ❋ Isaac Newton (1684)

  And the studies that we are doing are not only going to  help us understand BPA,   but they’re really going to help us understand  endocrine-disrupting chemicals in general. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And with that in mind… just in case you didn’t understand a word of the afore-mentioned, I will put it in a language you can understand… ❋ Ugotsoul (2003)

The term "atheist" is itself confusing, since it is often unclear whether those who use the label understand it to mean a rejection of every notion of God, or a rejection of theism. ❋ James F. McGrath (2008)

The only tactic that the GOP seems to understand is tossing out the false equivalency argument. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He knew enough English for us to talk and once in awhile I could understand a German word which was similar to English. ❋ Unknown (1996)

I know the only way to begin to understand is to steal underneath May's skin and look at the world from behind her small eyes. ❋ Unknown (1988)

Chester was gravely kind to her, for it was not in his nature to remain sullen long, or visit his own unhappiness upon another's head; besides, he understood her exacting affection, even in its injustice, and it has been well-said that to understand is to forgive. ❋ Lucy Maud (1920)

a definition helps those unfamiliar with the term understand it and benefit from Mr Schlafly's excellent insights. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The word "understand" in v1 is the Greek word γινωσκε. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mike: What a lot of folks do not understand is that legally present aliens often are often not provided any credible paperwork or ID to show they are here legally — the examples abound ... ❋ Unknown (2010)

What you fail to understand is that this is not a compliment. ❋ Unknown (2010)

What you also fail to understand is that when abuse is authorized, “obvious crimes” become much more likely (and this is one of the reasons that authorizing abuse is a bad idea). ❋ Unknown (2010)

If both of you come to an understanding, both shall be at peace. Fighting, revenge, [bickering], [provoking] violence and anger will not work. Adding fuel to fire isn't [favorable]. Do not let yourself be trapped in misunderstandings and hate. ❋ YouAreAtWarWithYourMind (2013)

Person 1: I really [care about] [you and i] don’t wanna see you [get hurt] 😢 Person 2: Understandable ❋ 50zMon007 (2020)

(customer) "I want to return this [expired] chicken! It was expired two days ago!!!! " ([cashier]) " You bought this four weeks ago..." (customer) " But it is expired!!! I need to return it" (cashier) "[understandable]...." **customer smiles and walks away, with expired chicken ** ❋ MartNad (2010)

Understanding is a clear mental [comprehension]. It is the original child, which is the star. The highest form of understanding [is love], [the bond] between man and woman, or Knowledge and Wisdom. ❋ LiquidSwords (2005)

Yes I heard what you said [I apologize] [Harry's] mother I didn't mean to offend anyone and I hope we can make an [understandment] ❋ Memes Are Stupid (2018)

The [task] has a [high] understandability [rating] ❋ Dave Moorcroft (2003)

[Skeppy]: "I need some [understandment] of what we are doing" [MegaPVP]: "We are doing a 1v1" ❋ AutoHCF (2020)

Figgy- woah what happened? Emily- i [fell]! Figgy- how? Emily- it was [icy]! Figgy- [ohh] okay understandable ❋ Emilymarieee (2010)

"now i see, now [i understand]" ("it came to me, i finally [understood]") "you misunderstand, don't you see? [cookies] are forever. ^.^" ❋ Ooops Taut Mafteah Bitul (2008)

[The student] told [the teacher] she was not being understandful in the [difficult] situation. ❋ Queen2432 (2020)

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