Princeton's WordNet

1. understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy(noun)

   the cognitive condition of someone who understands

   "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"

2. agreement, understanding(noun)

   the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises

   "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers"

3. sympathy, understanding(noun)

   an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion

   "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding"

4. reason, understanding, intellect(adj)

   the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination

   "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"

5. understanding(adj)

   characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy

   "an understanding friend"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. understanding(noun)ˌʌn dərˈstæn dɪŋ

   an agreement

2. understandingˌʌn dərˈstæn dɪŋ

   to agree

   We came to an understanding that we would each pay half.

3. understandingˌʌn dərˈstæn dɪŋ

   having agreed that

   They borrow it, on the understanding that I need it back next week.

4. understandingˌʌn dərˈstæn dɪŋ

   knowledge of sth

   I have a basic understanding of the program.

5. understandingˌʌn dərˈstæn dɪŋ

   the way sb interprets sth

   It was my understanding that no food was allowed inside.

6. understandingˌʌn dərˈstæn dɪŋ

   sympathy and care

   They treated us with understanding.

7. understanding(adjective)ˌʌn dərˈstæn dɪŋ

   good at realizing how sb feels; = sympathetic

   I have a very understanding husband.

Wiktionary

1. understanding(Noun)

   Mental, sometimes emotional process of comprehension, assimilation of knowledge, which is subjective by its nature.

2. understanding(Noun)

   Reason or intelligence, ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer.

3. understanding(Noun)

   Opinion, judgement or outlook.

   According to my understanding, the situation is quite perilous. I wonder if you see it this way, too.

4. understanding(Noun)

   An informal contract, mutual agreement.

   I thought we had an understanding - you do the dishes, and I throw the trash.

5. understanding(Noun)

   A reconciliation of differences.

   The parties of the negotiation have managed to come to an understanding.

6. understanding(Noun)

   Sympathy.

   He showed much understanding when he found out of my troublesome familial history.

7. understanding(Noun)

   All that people individually sense and feel of themselves.

8. understanding(Adjective)

   Showing compassion.

Webster Dictionary

1. Understanding(u)

   of Understand

2. Understanding(adj)

   knowing; intelligent; skillful; as, he is an understanding man

3. Understanding(noun)

   the act of one who understands a thing, in any sense of the verb; knowledge; discernment; comprehension; interpretation; explanation

4. Understanding(noun)

   an agreement of opinion or feeling; adjustment of differences; harmony; anything mutually understood or agreed upon; as, to come to an understanding with another

5. Understanding(noun)

   the power to understand; the intellectual faculty; the intelligence; the rational powers collectively conceived an designated; the higher capacities of the intellect; the power to distinguish truth from falsehood, and to adapt means to ends

6. Understanding(noun)

   specifically, the discursive faculty; the faculty of knowing by the medium or use of general conceptions or relations. In this sense it is contrasted with, and distinguished from, the reason

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