Canadian English Meaning of understand
understand
Other Canadian English words related to understand
Nearest Words of understand
- understandability => Understandability
- understandable => understandable
- understandably => Understandably
- understanded => understood
- understander => Understander
- understanding => understanding
- understandingly => understandingly
- understate => understate
- understated => understated
- understatement => _understatement_
Definitions and Meaning of understand in English
understand (v)
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
make sense of a language
believe to be the case
be understanding of
understand (v. t.)
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.
To be apprised, or have information, of; to learn; to be informed of; to hear; as, I understand that Congress has passed the bill.
To recognize or hold as being or signifying; to suppose to mean; to interpret; to explain.
To mean without expressing; to imply tacitly; to take for granted; to assume.
To stand under; to support.
understand (v. i.)
To have the use of the intellectual faculties; to be an intelligent being.
To be informed; to have or receive knowledge.
FAQs About the word understand
understand
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of, perceive (an idea or situation) mentally, make sense of a language, believe to be the case, be understanding ofTo
Conclude,decide,derive,think,Ascertain,assume Assume,deduce,extrapolate,guess,infer
misunderstand,misconceive,Misinterpret,misunderstand,misperceive,misknow
understairs => under the stairs, understair => understairs, understaffed => understaffed, underspore => underspore, undersphere => undersphere,
