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Detailed Synonyms for understand in English

understand:

to understand verbe (understands, understood, understanding)

  1. to understand
    to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to get
    • understand verbe (understands, understood, understanding)
    • comprehend verbe (comprehends, comprehended, comprehending)
    • grasp verbe (grasps, grasped, grasping)
    • get verbe (gets, got, getting)
  2. to understand
    to understand
    • understand verbe (understands, understood, understanding)
  3. to understand
    to interpret; to understand; to take up
    • interpret verbe (interprets, interpreted, interpreting)
    • understand verbe (understands, understood, understanding)
    • take up verbe (takes up, took up, taking up)
  4. to understand
    to understand; rumble to; to see through; be on to
  5. to understand
    to understand; have it taped
  6. to understand
    – know and comprehend the nature or meaning of 1
    to understand
    – know and comprehend the nature or meaning of 1
    • understand verbe (understands, understood, understanding)
      • She did not understand her husband1
      • I understand what she means1
  7. to understand
    – perceive (an idea or situation) mentally 1
    to see; to understand; to realize; realise
    – perceive (an idea or situation) mentally 1
    • see verbe (sees, saw, seeing)
      • Now I see!1
      • I just can't see your point1
    • understand verbe (understands, understood, understanding)
      • I don't understand the idea1
    • realize verbe, américain (realizes, realized, realizing)
      • Does she realize how important this decision is?1
    • realise verbe, britannique
  8. to understand
    – believe to be the case 1
    to understand; to infer
    – believe to be the case 1
    • understand verbe (understands, understood, understanding)
      • I understand you have no previous experience?1
    • infer verbe (infers, inferred, inferring)
  9. to understand
    – make sense of a language 1
    to read; to understand; to interpret; to translate
    – make sense of a language 1
    • read verbe (reads, read, reading)
      • Can you read Greek?1
    • understand verbe (understands, understood, understanding)
      • She understands French1
    • interpret verbe (interprets, interpreted, interpreting)
    • translate verbe (translates, translated, translating)
  10. to understand
    – be understanding of 1
    to understand; to sympathize; empathize; sympathise; empathise
    – be understanding of 1
    • understand verbe (understands, understood, understanding)
      • You don't need to explain--I understand!1
    • sympathize verbe, américain (sympathizes, sympathized, sympathizing)
    • empathize verbe, américain
    • sympathise verbe, britannique
    • empathise verbe, britannique

Conjugations for understand:

present
  1. understand
  2. understand
  3. understands
  4. understand
  5. understand
  6. understand
simple past
  1. understood
  2. understood
  3. understood
  4. understood
  5. understood
  6. understood
present perfect
  1. have understood
  2. have understood
  3. has understood
  4. have understood
  5. have understood
  6. have understood
past continuous
  1. was understanding
  2. were understanding
  3. was understanding
  4. were understanding
  5. were understanding
  6. were understanding
future
  1. shall understand
  2. will understand
  3. will understand
  4. shall understand
  5. will understand
  6. will understand
continuous present
  1. am understanding
  2. are understanding
  3. is understanding
  4. are understanding
  5. are understanding
  6. are understanding
subjunctive
  1. be understood
  2. be understood
  3. be understood
  4. be understood
  5. be understood
  6. be understood
diverse
  1. understand!
  2. let's understand!
  3. understood
  4. understanding
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

understand

  1. understand

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Related Definitions for "understand":

  1. know and comprehend the nature or meaning of1
    • She did not understand her husband1
    • I understand what she means1
  2. perceive (an idea or situation) mentally1
    • I don't understand the idea1
  3. believe to be the case1
    • I understand you have no previous experience?1
  4. make sense of a language1
    • She understands French1
  5. be understanding of1
    • You don't need to explain--I understand!1

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