Understanding

Word UNDERSTANDING
Character 13
Hyphenation un der stand ing
Pronunciations /ʌndəˈstandɪŋ/

Definitions and meanings of "Understanding"

What do we mean by understanding?

The ability by which one understands; intelligence. noun

The quality or condition of one who understands; comprehension: synonym: reason. noun

Individual or specified judgment or outlook; opinion. noun

A usually implicit agreement between two or more people or groups. noun

A disposition to appreciate or share the feelings and thoughts of others; sympathy. noun

Characterized by or having good sense or compassion. adjective

The act of one who understands or comprehends; comprehension; apprehension and appreciation; discernment. noun

The knowing power, in general; intelligence; wit. noun

The representative faculty; the power of abstract thought; the logical power. noun

Intelligence between two or more persons; agreement of minds; harmony; union of sentiment; also, something mutually understood or agreed upon: as, there was an understanding between them. noun

Knowing; skilful; intelligent; possessed of or exhibiting good sense.

The act of one who understands a thing, in any sense of the verb; knowledge; discernment; comprehension; interpretation; explanation. noun

An agreement of opinion or feeling; adjustment of differences; harmony; anything mutually understood or agreed upon. noun

The power to understand; the intellectual faculty; the intelligence; the rational powers collectively conceived an designated; the higher capacities of the intellect; the power to distinguish truth from falsehood, and to adapt means to ends. noun

Specifically, the discursive faculty; the faculty of knowing by the medium or use of general conceptions or relations. In this sense it is contrasted with, and distinguished from, the reason. noun

Knowing; intelligent; skillful. adjective

Mental, sometimes emotional process of comprehension, assimilation of knowledge, which is subjective by its nature. noun

Reason or intelligence, ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer. noun

Opinion, judgement or outlook. noun

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.

A vague and silly notion women often get about a non-existant ideal in which someone realizes all truths inherent to the existance of an item or concept (such as emotion). Such an epiphany would very likely drive a man to insanity or suicide. Urban Dictionary

Get along with everyone, try not to make waves. Try to find the good in all situations, no matter how hard or challeging. Urban Dictionary

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

Synonyms and Antonyms for Understanding

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The word "understanding" in example sentences

’ Nay, for the cause of ‘understanding’ also, they say the thing understood sendeth forth an ‘intelligible species, ’ that is, an ‘intelligible being seen, ’ which, coming into the understanding, makes us understand. ❋ Unknown (1909)

High marks for the title understanding also for you! ❋ Unknown (2008)

If my understanding is accurate, I do not understand how ❋ Unknown (2010)

In their model, they've made an assumption of what deficits do to the interest rate, and my understanding is they're assuming a relatively significant impact. ❋ Ezra Klein (2010)

Implicit in this understanding is an acknowledgment that to the victors go the spoils, and that narrow interests of the strong almost always trump justice for the weak – that is, unless the “strong” actor is defeated by someone even stronger. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This understanding is the basis of the peace process. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Here's where my understanding is at right now, please agree, disagree, pick it apart, etc. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In terms of Reindeer vs. Caribou, my understanding is as follows: ❋ Unknown (2008)

But my understanding is they will not finalize committee assignments until they know exactly how big their majority is -- which means waiting for the Georgia run off and the Minnesota recount. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Your understanding is an interesting subject isn ` t it, why are you determined to misdread this article. ❋ Newmania (2007)

Why have you never come and asked me for what you call understanding? ❋ Unknown (2008)

And my understanding is the same applies to the vice president. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Just as there is a certain natural habit of the soul whereby it knows the principles of speculative science, which we call the understanding of the principles, so too in the soul is there a certain natural habit of the first principles of actions, which are the natural principles of natural law; and this habit pertains to synderesis and exists in no other power than reason. ❋ Celano, Anthony (2006)

But this contribution, that to our understanding is a recovery of the natural and cultural heritage, must take place based on a rational and consensual basis in respect of the right to make use of knowledge and natural resources, with guarantees for equality between Government and society. ❋ Unknown (1999)

This word in all other places of the New Testament doth constantly denote the essential faculty of our souls, which we call understanding, Matt. xxii. ❋ 1616-1683 (1967)

Our way is to teach our soul how the Intellectual-Principle exercises self-vision; the phase thus to be taught is that which already touches the intellective order, that which we call the understanding or intelligent soul, indicating by the very name that it is already of itself in some degree an Intellectual-Principle or that it holds its peculiar power through and from that Principle. ❋ Plotinus (1952)

In Paul the understanding is the seat of conscience; the heart is the seat of love [Bengel]. ❋ Unknown (1871)

[Jenna] told [me I] need to have more understanding about her menstual [cycle]. ❋ GothYena (2004)

[Be kind] and care for those who have [had it] hard, Try understanding, walk a mile in their shoes. Love the ones close to you as if it might be the last day you ever see them. You can do all things [thru] Christ our load who strenghtens us. ❋ Black Brat (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)

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