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1. (n.) understanding
the mental process of a person who understands; comprehension; personal interpretation.
2. understanding
intellectual faculties; intelligence.
3. understanding
knowledge of or familiarity with a particular thing.
4. understanding
a state of cooperation between people, nations, factions, etc.
5. understanding
a mutual agreement.
6. (adj.) understanding
characterized by comprehension, empathy, or the like.
Etymology: (bef. 1050)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
the cognitive condition of someone who understands
"he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"
2. (noun) agreement, understanding
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. (noun) sympathy, understanding
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. (adj) reason, understanding, intellect
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. (adj) understanding
characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy
"an understanding friend"
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1. (noun) understanding
an agreement
2. understanding
come to an understanding
to agree
We came to an understanding that we would each pay half.
3. understanding
on the understanding that
having agreed that
They borrow it, on the understanding that I need it back next week.
4. understanding
knowledge of sth
I have a basic understanding of the program.
5. understanding
the way sb interprets sth
It was my understanding that no food was allowed inside.
6. understanding
sympathy and care
They treated us with understanding.
7. (adjective) understanding
good at realizing how sb feels; = sympathetic
I have a very understanding husband.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) understanding
knowing; intelligent; skillful; as, he is an understanding man
2. (noun) understanding
the act of one who understands a thing, in any sense of the verb; knowledge; discernment; comprehension; interpretation; explanation
3. (noun) understanding
an agreement of opinion or feeling; adjustment of differences; harmony; anything mutually understood or agreed upon; as, to come to an understanding with another
4. (noun) understanding
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
5. (noun) understanding
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
6. understanding
of Understand
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