- present participle of understand.
understanding
Example Sentences
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She then wrote, however, that “such memory loss still may factor into the ‘rational understanding’ analysis that Panetti demands.”
From Slate • Feb. 27, 2019
"There is no 'memorandum of understanding' between government and Surrey County Council."
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2017
“We’d go ‘peace, love and understanding’ with these hand signals when we were saying goodbye,” says Creed over the phone from his home in London.
From The Guardian • May 2, 2016
He said the company had 'a false set of understanding' of Fed requirements going into that test and has since been working constantly to improve its management.
From Reuters • Sep. 8, 2014
Dear brethren! if we believed it, and lived by it, 'the peace of God which passes understanding' would 'keep our hearts and minds.'
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms by Maclaren, Alexander
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