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Understand

verb

(past & past part. understood, archaic understanded; pres. part. understanding)

Know and comprehend the nature or meaning of. "I understand what she means"

Perceive (an idea or situation) mentally. Synonyms: realise, realize, see. "I just can't see your point" , "Does she realize how important this decision is?" , "I don't understand the idea"

Make sense of a language. Synonyms: interpret, read, translate. "Can you read Greek?"

Believe to be the case. Synonym: infer.

Be understanding of. Synonyms: empathise, empathize, sympathise, sympathize.

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"Understand" Quotes from Famous Books

... the bearings of those external politics. But it is unjust in the one to decide upon the political aspirations and doings of that other without such understanding. Constantly as the name of France is in our mouths, comparatively few Englishmen understand the way in which France is governed; that is, how far absolute despotism prevails, and how far the power of the one ruler is tempered, or, as it may be, hampered by the voices and influence of others. And as regards England, how seldom is it that in common society a foreigner is met who ...

— Volume 1 • Anthony Trollope

... way only is there out of the difficulty, which is to show a specimen of the same insect in all three divisions; but this would, though more correct, be as embarrassing to understand, to say nothing of the loss of space involved, because the same thing would have to be repeated with nearly every invertebrate possessed by a museum arranged ...

— Practical Taxidermy • Montagu Browne

... "I—I don't understand you, at all. Not that it is any business of mine, of course. But I hate to think that any one is in need of food or shelter. Your voice and your face and the way you talk—they don't fit in with the rest of you. Such men as yourself don't drift, penniless, through Lower Florida, looking ...

— Black Caesar's Clan • Albert Payson Terhune

... wheat imports at rising world prices. Continued dependence on foreign energy and Morocco's inability to develop small and medium size enterprises also contributed to the slowdown. Moroccan authorities understand that reducing poverty and providing jobs are key to domestic security and development. In 2005, Morocco launched the National Initiative for Human Development (INDH), a $2 billion social development plan to address ...

— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... Sara's face, and the color in her cheek. The servants cast puzzled glances at her, and whispered to each other, and Miss Amelia's small blue eyes wore an expression of bewilderment. What such an audacious look of well-being, under august displeasure could mean she could not understand. It was, however, just like Sara's singular obstinate way. She was probably determined ...

— A Little Princess • Frances Hodgson Burnett

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