Definitions for understood
ˌʌn dərˈstʊdun·der·stood

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. understood(adj)

   fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation

   "the understood conditions of troop withdrawal were clear"

2. silent, tacit, understood(adj)

   implied by or inferred from actions or statements

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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. understood(Adjective)

   Of things which have been comprehended.

2. understood(Interjection)

   Indicates comprehension on the part of the speaker.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Understood

   of Understand

2. Understood

   imp. & p. p. of Understand

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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(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Understood

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

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1. understood

   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

How to pronounce understood?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say understood in sign language?

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. Jeremy Travis:

   This is really, really important. This is our health and people's lives at stake, and it's not universally understood that socially distancing is a matter of life and death. So I'm not philosophically opposed to it at all, it's not unusual for the police or other enforcement agencies to have the power to enforce health regulations.

2. Neil Postman:

   The whole problem with news on television comes down to this: all the words uttered in an hour of news coverage could be printed on page of a newspaper. And the world cannot be understood in one page.

3. Gilberto Martinez:

   He's an exceptional singer. He sings stories through his music, if you don't know him, you haven't understood what love is, what falling out of love is, what Jose Jose wanted to show us with each one of his songs - above all with his voice.

4. Primo Levi:

   The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is just as complex, often ambivalent, and in general it is understood completely only when it is broken: by exile or emigration in the case of one's country, by retirement in the case of a trade or profession.

5. Anthony Fauci:

   We argued strongly with the President that he not withdraw those guidelines after 15 days but that he extend them, and he did listen, dr. Debbie Birx and I went into together in the Oval Office and leaned over the desk and said, here are the data, take a look. He looked at them, he understood them, and he just shook his head and said, 'I guess we've got to do it.'.

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