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understand

[uhn-der-stand] / ˌʌn dərˈstænd /




Usage

What are other ways to say understand? To understand is to be fully aware not only of the meaning of something but also of its implications: I could comprehend all he said, but did not understand that he was joking. To know is to be aware of something as a fact or truth: He knows the basic facts of the subject. I know that he agrees with me. To comprehend is to know something thoroughly and to perceive its relationships to certain other ideas, facts, etc. 

Example Sentences

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Until this moment, both the audience and the characters in the film understand Emma to be a funny, easygoing young woman.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

More recently, Tubi combined large language models, or LLMs, with deep learning techniques—enabling it to better understand “the nature of the user’s intent,” Bidgoli says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

I understand that everything is very expensive, but this would be the trip of a lifetime.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

"To understand when and why harmful microbial glycogen is produced, the team will next conduct larger studies surveying gut microbiome communities in ALS/FTD patients before and after disease onset," Burberry said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

I could tell no one because it was too terrible, because no one would understand.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo