- past tense form of understand.
- past participle of understand.
understood
Example Sentences
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Tisa Wenger, a professor of American religious history at Yale Divinity School, said religious liberty has long been understood as “an all-American ideal that many Americans are very proud of.”
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Burnham said he understood why people were angry as they had been asked to pay more for years while pollution incidents and leaks continued.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Ancient Egyptians understood hardware just like punks understood hardware just like bikers understood hardware just like I, walking through my office metal detector every week, understand hardware.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Few people understood this effort better than Ladislav Bittman, a senior propagandist in the Czechoslovakian intelligence service who defected to the West in 1968.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Sometimes she stood up for me, and I understood why.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
