understand


Definition: Meaning of, understand in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ʌndəˈstand /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
understand understood understood
Present Participle Third Person Singular
understanding understands
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  1. meaning [intransitive and transitive] to know the meaning of what someone is telling you, or the language that they speak [↪  misunderstood]
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  2. fact/idea [intransitive and transitive] to know or realize how a fact, process, situation etc works, especially through learning or experience
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  3. person/feelings [intransitive and transitive] to realize how someone feels and why they behave the way they do, and to be sympathetic
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  4. believe/think [transitive] to believe or think that something is true because you have heard it or read it
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  5. give somebody to understand (that) formal to make someone believe that something is true, going to happen etc, without telling them this directly
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  6. be understood (that) formal if something is understood, everyone knows it, or has agreed to it, and there is no need to discuss it
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  7. understand something to be/mean something to accept something as having a particular meaning
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  8. do you understand? spoken used when you are telling someone what they should or should not do, especially when you are angry with them
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