understand
Usage
Example Sentences
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It is alive, it exists, you know people who are gallant, have witnessed gallantry and understand at this point that it is deeply countercultural.
“Everybody wants peace,” he added, then said slowly, as if hoping Americans would understand: “But a just peace.”
Joe and Kate did not initially understand what the jury's verdict meant – and have now spent more than three decades campaigning for the abolition of not proven.
From BBC
At that point, "they start to interact with their peers and understand who other children are - that all becomes really important."
From BBC
“We’re going to make sure we have plays to give him the ball and I have to make sure I understand my read and give him the ball,” Simpson said of Williams.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
