understand
Usage
Example Sentences
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‘I don’t understand any of this!’ he cried.
From Literature
If you didn’t, there’s a good chance you’ve never heard of them — a cultural divide I didn’t fully understand until I left home.
From Salon
An oil shock is generally understood to mean a supply shortage that sparks a sharp rise in oil prices and consequently a negative impact on global economic growth, although there is no single definition.
From Barron's
I understood from the start that acting was make-believe and that it put food on the table and shoes on our feet.
The U.S. and U.K. separately signed a memorandum of understanding to advance the development of quantum computing in September 2025.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
