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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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They’re foundational to understanding and action while delivering what infrastructure is built for: consistency.

From The Wall Street Journal

To help understand why, her group grew nasal tissue in a lab, allowing them to study cellular and molecular changes in the nose and lung lining when those cells are exposed to rhinovirus.

From The Wall Street Journal

You typically didn’t need to know a lot about specific cultural references to understand what was going on.

From The Wall Street Journal

Despite this connection, scientists have struggled for years to understand exactly how these proteins work, making it difficult to design treatments that could regulate their activity.

From Science Daily

"With the conjunction we're seeing this year, that's not going to be the case. That is the simple story that everybody needs to understand."

From Barron's