What does Understand mean?

Definitions for Understand
ˌʌn dərˈstændun·der·stand

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. understandverb

    know and comprehend the nature or meaning of

    "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"

  2. understand, realize, realise, seeverb

    perceive (an idea or situation) mentally

    "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea"

  3. understand, read, interpret, translateverb

    make sense of a language

    "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"

  4. understand, inferverb

    believe to be the case

    "I understand you have no previous experience?"

  5. sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise, understandverb

    be understanding of

    "You don't need to explain--I understand!"

Wiktionary

  1. understandverb

    To be aware of the meaning of.

  2. understandverb

    To believe, based on information.

    I understand that you have information for me.

  3. understandverb

    To impute meaning, character etc. that is not explicitly stated.

  4. understandverb

    To apply values (axioms).

  5. Etymology: From understanden, from understandan, from under + standanan, equivalent to under- + standan. Cognate with understunda, understantan, Middle understande. Compare also onderstaan, unterstehen. More at inter-, stand.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Understandverb

    preterite understood.

    Etymology: understandan , Saxon.

    The Ulysses of Ovid upbraids his ignorance, that he understood not the shield for which he pleaded. Dryden.

    His sin might have been greater in that respect: but that it was not so to be understood, appears by the opposition. Edward Stillingfleet.

    The most learned interpreters understood the words of sin, and not of Abel. John Locke.

  2. To Understandverb

    I have given thee a wise and understanding heart. Chronicles.

    I understood of the evil Eliashib did. Neh. xiii. 7.

    I understand by Sanga, you have been
    Solicited against the commonwealth
    By one Umbrenus. Ben Jonson, Cataline.

    All my soul be
    Imparadis’d in you, in whom alone
    I understand, and grow, and see. John Donne.

Wikipedia

  1. understand

    Understanding is a psychological process related to an abstract or physical object, such as a person, situation, or message whereby one is able to use concepts to model that object. Understanding is a relation between the knower and an object of understanding. Understanding implies abilities and dispositions with respect to an object of knowledge that are sufficient to support intelligent behavior.Understanding is often, though not always, related to learning concepts, and sometimes also the theory or theories associated with those concepts. However, a person may have a good ability to predict the behavior of an object, animal or system—and therefore may, in some sense, understand it—without necessarily being familiar with the concepts or theories associated with that object, animal, or system in their culture. They may have developed their own distinct concepts and theories, which may be equivalent, better or worse than the recognized standard concepts and theories of their culture. Thus, understanding is correlated with the ability to make inferences.

ChatGPT

  1. understand

    Understanding can be defined as the ability to comprehend or grasp the meaning, importance, or significance of information, ideas, concepts, or situations. It involves a deeper level of comprehension, where one can make connections, interpret, and synthesize information, leading to a meaningful awareness or knowledge about a subject matter. Understanding often involves a combination of cognitive processes such as perception, attention, memory, and reasoning, which enable individuals to make sense of and effectively interact with the world around them.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Understandverb

    to have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a problem in Euclid; to understand a proposition or a declaration; the court understands the advocate or his argument; to understand the sacred oracles; to understand a nod or a wink

  2. Understandverb

    to be apprised, or have information, of; to learn; to be informed of; to hear; as, I understand that Congress has passed the bill

  3. Understandverb

    to recognize or hold as being or signifying; to suppose to mean; to interpret; to explain

  4. Understandverb

    to mean without expressing; to imply tacitly; to take for granted; to assume

  5. Understandverb

    to stand under; to support

  6. Understandverb

    to have the use of the intellectual faculties; to be an intelligent being

  7. Understandverb

    to be informed; to have or receive knowledge

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Understand

    un-dėr-stand′, v.t. to comprehend: to have just ideas of: to know thoroughly: to be informed of: to learn: to suppose to mean: to mean without expressing: to imply.—v.i. to have the use of the intellectual faculties: to be informed: to learn.—adj. Understan′dable.—p.adj. Understan′ded (obs.), understood (with of).—n. Understan′ding, the act of comprehending: the faculty or the act of the mind by which it understands or thinks: the power to understand: knowledge: exact comprehension: agreement of minds: harmony.—adj. knowing, skilful.—adv. Understan′dingly.—Understands′, in Scotch Version of Psalms, used for Understandest. [A.S. understandan, to stand under or in the midst of a thing.]

Editors Contribution

  1. understand

    To feel and know intuitively.

    They did understand the nature of their love, unity and engagement and knew their marriage was for life.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 15, 2020  


  2. understand

    To perceive intuitively through the brain, conscience, consciousness, heart, mind, spirit, soul and subconscious.

    We do understand each other and trust the unity of our soul and love.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 15, 2020  

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Understand' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #676

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Understand' in Written Corpus Frequency: #456

  3. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Understand' in Verbs Frequency: #91

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Understand in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Understand in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Understand in a Sentence

  1. George Hobica:

    It’s getting more confusing to understand how far your miles will take you.

  2. Bob Saget:

    Billy Crystal told ET's Nischelle Turner. ... This film gets you behind that and lets you get to understand how that happened. You know, how that kind of mind was created.

  3. Jaromir Jagr:

    I am terribly sorry to see mothers and children say goodbye to their fathers, take one bag and have to leave their country while fathers go to war and do not know if they will ever see their loved ones again, there were some scores on the board today after the match, but I think they are all winners. Today it was something other than points on the table and I'm glad that people understand.

  4. Lena Dunham:

    It’s just so crazy because I spent six years of my career being called things like ‘bag of milk’… ‘baby cow,’ ‘aging cow.’ But when she recently lost weight, some people also turned against her. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Then I had this experience of my body changing and suddenly I had all these people being like, 'you're a hypocrite, I thought you were body positive. I thought you were a person who embraced bodies of all sizes,' and I'm like ‘I do, I just also understand that bodies change, we live a long time, things happen.’ Dunham told DeGeneres she the comments irked her. I was frustrated by it because it really was evidence that as a woman in Hollywood, you just can't win.

  5. Microsoft President Brad Smith:

    We need to start teasing this issue apart, to understand it better and move just beyond a binary conversation of : permit it or ban it, and think about : what is the right way to regulate it ?

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