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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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One can understand why—there’s no footage of the subjects telling their own story about their alleged primitive upbringing when they first arrived in town.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Capitalism without capital is just an ism,” he sometimes said, as he understood the importance of economic mobility.

From The Wall Street Journal

While cautioning that a deal may not come quickly—as ever with this regime—Mr. Araghchi said the parties reached “a general understanding on a set of guiding principles.”

From The Wall Street Journal

He’d had such trouble understanding that when he was a little kid.

From Literature

And they both thought that they understood each other perfectly.

From Literature