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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 now, however, scientists did not understand how retinoic acid affects dendritic cells themselves.

From Science Daily

“There’s fuel in my body that I just want the world to understand that the Bruins didn’t come to play this year,” Chiles said.

From Los Angeles Times

From the beginning, McInnes understood that he could access a large, untapped resource that is America’s loser population.

From Salon

In addition to a main dwelling in West London, the author and her husband, screenwriter Niall Leonard, are understood to own a vacation property on the coast in Cornwall, which they purchased in 2013.

From MarketWatch

The biggest challenge will be the handover — making sure that the beneficiary understands how their $80,000 grew over the time you managed it and, critically, how they can continue along this trajectory.

From MarketWatch