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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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It is understood the dart frog referred to by the UK Foreign Office and others was Anthony's poison arrow frog, a species endemic to Ecuador and Peru.

From BBC

To understand what’s coming, you need to understand what enterprise AI systems actually are.

From The Wall Street Journal

As long as you understand that, then go right ahead, else avoid it like the plague.

From The Wall Street Journal

Researchers at Stanford University led by Hyesang Chang set out to better understand why some children find math much harder than their classmates.

From Science Daily

Researchers caution that more work is needed to understand how this eating pattern may influence other conditions such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, or cancer.

From Science Daily