What does understand mean?
Definitions for understand
ˌʌn dərˈstændun·der·stand
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word understand.
Princeton's WordNet
understandverb
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
"She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"
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"
understand, read, interpret, translateverb
make sense of a language
"She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"
understand, inferverb
believe to be the case
"I understand you have no previous experience?"
sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise, understandverb
be understanding of
"You don't need to explain--I understand!"
Wiktionary
understandverb
To be aware of the meaning of.
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.
understandverb
To believe, based on information.
I understand that you have information for me.
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.
understandverb
To impute meaning, character etc. that is not explicitly stated.
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.
understandverb
To apply values (axioms).
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.
Webster Dictionary
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
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
Understandverb
to recognize or hold as being or signifying; to suppose to mean; to interpret; to explain
Understandverb
to mean without expressing; to imply tacitly; to take for granted; to assume
Understandverb
to stand under; to support
Understandverb
to have the use of the intellectual faculties; to be an intelligent being
Understandverb
to be informed; to have or receive knowledge
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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
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, 2020understand
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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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'understand' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #676
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'understand' in Written Corpus Frequency: #456
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'understand' in Verbs Frequency: #91
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of understand in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of understand in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of understand in a Sentence
To be brutally honest – we were too distant to understand the growing anger in South Africa.
No man can understand why a woman shouldn't prefer a good reputation to a good time.
People have to understand this is an emergency, if we have an idea and a product that causes no harm, we have the obligation to test it.
There is a clear difference between actionable retaliation and protected speech and it is clear that the Chairman doesn’t understand the difference.
They went through their motions, but you can tell that underneath they were being nice to us, i don't understand it. They are elected for us, the people, and they don't care about that.
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- verstaanAfrikaans
- فهمArabic
- бичӏчӏизеAvaric
- anlamaqAzerbaijani
- разумець, зразумецьBelarusian
- разбирамBulgarian
- বোঝাBengali
- comprendre, entendreCatalan, Valencian
- chápat, pochopit, rozumět, porozumětCzech
- deallWelsh
- begribe, forstå, fatte, underforstå, opfatte, mene, indseDanish
- den Eindruck haben, verstehen, glauben, begreifenGerman
- κατανοώ, αντιλαμβάνομαι, καταλαβαίνωGreek
- kompreniEsperanto
- entender, comprenderSpanish
- mõistma, aru saamaEstonian
- ulertuBasque
- فهمیدنPersian
- osata, hiffata, ymmärtää, uskoa, kässätä, käsittää, snaijata, älytä, tajuta, bonjataFinnish
- entendre, comprendreFrench
- ferstean, begripeWestern Frisian
- tuigIrish
- הביןHebrew
- समझनाHindi
- tud, felfog, megért, értesül, értHungarian
- հասկանալArmenian
- comprenderInterlingua
- pahamIndonesian
- skilja, skiljastIcelandic
- capire, comprendere, intendereItalian
- 理解する, 信じる, 分かる, 理解Japanese
- გაგებაGeorgian
- түсіну, ұғуKazakh
- យល់Khmer
- 이해하다, 알다Korean
- تێگهیشت, سهر لێ دهرچونKurdish
- аңдоо, түшүнүүKyrgyz
- intellegō, interpretor, video, comprehendō, capio, conspicio, percipio, teneo, scio, crēdō, exaudioLatin
- ເຂົ້າໃຈLao
- suprastiLithuanian
- saprastLatvian
- orotau, mātau, aweko, aroMāori
- разбираMacedonian
- мэдэх, ойлгохMongolian
- memahamiMalay
- fehemMaltese
- နားလည်Burmese
- snappen, begrijpen, geloven, verstaanDutch
- kunne, forstå, skjønne, fatteNorwegian
- ӕмбарынOssetian, Ossetic
- [[być]] [[świadomy, rozumieć, pojmowaćPolish
- compreender, acreditar, entenderPortuguese
- capir, tgapeir, chapirRomansh
- înțelege, pricepeRomanian
- понимать, понять, разуметьRussian
- cumprèndhere, cumprendiSardinian
- razumjeti, разумјети, razumeti, разуметиSerbo-Croatian
- තේරෙනවාSinhala, Sinhalese
- rozumieťSlovak
- razumétiSlovene
- përvetësoj, ftillohem, kuptoj, besojAlbanian
- förståSwedish
- elewaSwahili
- గ్రహించుటTelugu
- фаҳмиданTajik
- รู้เรื่อง, เข้าใจ, ทราบThai
- düşünmekTurkmen
- maintindihanTagalog
- anlamakTurkish
- аңларгаTatar
- розумітиUkrainian
- سمجھناUrdu
- anglamoq, tushunmoqUzbek
- hiểuVietnamese
- פֿאַרשטייןYiddish
- 理解Chinese
- qonda, bonaZulu
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