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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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"This result will spark innovative ideas across neutrino research to understand what is really going on," he said.

From Science Daily

This lack of understanding has slowed progress, especially since T cell therapies work well for only a small number of cancer types and fail in most others, for reasons that have remained unclear.

From Science Daily

Meta has described it as "a limited test to understand whether the ability to publish an increased volume of posts with links adds additional value" for subscribers.

From BBC

“I still have customers to this day who say, ‘Please put the inflatables out again,’ but they don’t understand they take forever to dry.”

From Los Angeles Times

Villarreal: Did you find that you wanted to understand both Victor and the Creature?

From Los Angeles Times