- past tense form of understand.
- past participle of understand.
understood
Example Sentences
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United took 44 hours to communicate to the wider world they were sticking with him then, though it is understood Carrick was told the day before.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
The German group flagged a fourth-quarter slowdown in the bioprocess business within its life-sciences division due to a weakening order book, but this should be well understood by investors, UBS says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
It also suggests that the relationship between nutrients, cholesterol production, and cancer cell behavior may be more complicated than previously understood.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026
Even Kushner appears to have understood the difficulty of the task.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
I saw then that the miller understood the magic.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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