What does understood mean?

Definitions for understood
ˌʌn dərˈstʊdun·der·stood

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. understoodadjective

    fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation

    "the understood conditions of troop withdrawal were clear"

  2. silent, tacit, understoodadjective

    implied by or inferred from actions or statements

    "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood provisos of a custody agreement"

Wiktionary

  1. understoodadjective

    Of things which have been comprehended.

  2. understoodinterjection

    Indicates comprehension on the part of the speaker.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Understoodpret. and part. passive of understand.

Wikipedia

  1. understood

    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. understood

    Understood can be generally defined as something that is comprehended, realized, or interpreted without the need for further explanation or clarification. It refers to information or ideas that are clear or accepted by individuals without any ambiguity or misunderstanding.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Understood

    of Understand

  2. Understood

    imp. & p. p. of Understand

Wikidata

  1. understood

    (Miss)understood is Ayumi Hamasaki's seventh full-length studio album produced by Max Matsuura. Its official release date was January 1, 2006, but started appearing in stores on December 28, 2005, the last Wednesday of the year. It was recognized by the RIAJ as one of The Best 10 Albums of the Year for 2006 and by the IFPI as number 4 on the list of top 10 selling albums in Japan of 2006. According to the Oricon, it is the 8th best selling album of 2006 with sales of 877,433 copies sold

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Understood

    un-dėr-stood′, pa.t. and pa.p. of understand.

Editors Contribution

  1. understoodverb

    Verb form of the word understand.

    They understood each other completely.


    Submitted by MaryC on January 13, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'understood' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1806

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'understood' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2578

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of understood in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of understood in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of understood in a Sentence

  1. Seth Moulton:

    When I was a Marine fighting in Iraq, I understood that every time I went on a raid or patrol, I was fighting to empower the government of Iraq, what comes next gets harder. When young Americans start losing lives and we start having conflicts in the airspace with Russia, this is going to get more complicated quickly. That is why we need to have a clear strategy from the President.

  2. Roland Barthes:

    Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it.

  3. Donald Trump:

    I never understood wind. You know, I know windmills very much, they're noisy. They kill the birds. You want to see a bird graveyard ? Go under a windmill someday. You'll see more birds than you've ever seen in your life.

  4. President Obama:

    My hope is there’s a recognition on the part of the next speaker, something I think John understood … that we can have significant differences on issues but that doesn’t mean you shut down the government.

  5. Reinhard Genzel:

    What I hope is understood is the importance of the Nobel Prize in making people aware of the importance of curiosity-driven science or arts.

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