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understood

[uhn-der-stood] / ˌʌn dərˈstʊd /
ADJECTIVE
assumed, implicit
Synonyms
STRONG
accepted appreciated implied inferred known pat presumed unsaid
WEAK
axiomatic down pat inferential on to roger tacit taken for granted undeclared unexpressed unspoken unstated wise to wordless
Antonyms
STRONG
expressed stated
WEAK
explained explicit spoken written

Example Sentences

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A PIF delegation is due on Tyneside the week after next, as planned, while an announcement on a major capital investment is understood to be in the pipeline.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

The problem was that until recently, nobody realized that everything they thought they understood about baseball might be wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Even so, scientists have not fully understood how these different stresses combine to impair HSC function.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026

Those are the latest findings in a broader set of four recently published papers that contend that homelessness should be understood as more than just a chronic housing problem.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Clearly, she had not understood until then the magnitude of their loss.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret