Definitions for Understand
ˌʌn dərˈstændun·der·stand

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

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!"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Understandverb

   preterite understood.

   Etymology: understandan , Saxon.

   1. To comprehend fully; to have knowledge of.

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

   2. To conceive.

   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

   1. To have use of the intellectual faculties; to be an intelligent or conscious being.

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

   2. To be informed.

   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.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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  

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   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

Anagrams for Understand »

1. unstranded

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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. Daryl Washington:

   We do understand that the suspect had bruises on his hands and cuts on his face, those were just a number of things that I think gave them enough credible information to detain this guy.

2. Kyler Murray:

   I wouldn’t get into too much detail but just get better, i think there are a lot of things we all need to address individually. Team-wise we understand kind of what happened, how we get there. We’ve got to do it together. Obviously, everyone has to work hard individually.

3. Colin Hanks:

   There's much bigger issues here and we wanted to be able to discuss those and explain it in a way that any layman could understand, that it could be entertaining but also informative.

4. Stephen Curry:

   Any time you see something like The Warriors coaching staff, its scary, you could see the look on his face. He didnt really understand what was happening in that moment, trying to figure it out, went straight back to the locker room. During the timeout, we all looked at each other. There were a couple smiles in terms of what that meant for us as a team, the guys that were going to need to step up in those moments. Again, next-man-up mentality. Draymond said that at some point during that timeout.

5. Charles A. Stoddard:

   When we can say "no" not only to things that are wrong and sinful, but also to things pleasant, profitable, and good which would hinder and clog our grand duties and our chief work, we shall understand more fully what life is worth, and how to make the most of it.

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