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Definition of understands in English English dictionary: third-person singular of understand
understand: To believe, based on information
I understand that you have information for me.
understand: {v} to comprehend fully, to be informed
understand: To be aware of the meaning of
understand: To impute meaning, character etc. that is not explicitly stated
understand: make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?
understand: To mean without expressing; to imply tacitly; to take for granted; to assume
understand: believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?"
understand: perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea"
understand: To stand under; to support
understand: To be apprised, or have information, of; to learn; to be informed of; to hear; as, I understand that Congress has passed the bill
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understand: 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
understand: know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means" perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea" believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?" make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?
understand: to have internalized and have control of what facts, details, and terms mean in the bigger picture; the upper levels of Bloom's taxonomy (application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation); to be able to apply, integrate, manipulate, and adapt knowledge to new situations
understand: If you understand that something is the case, you think it is true because you have heard or read that it is. You can say that something is understood to be the case to mean that people generally think it is true. We understand that she's in the studio recording her second album As I understand it, you came round the corner by the cricket field and there was the man in the road The management is understood to be very unwilling to agree to this request It is understood that the veteran reporter had a heart attack
understand: {f} grasp the meaning of (e.g. words); comprehend (a cause, reason, motivation, etc.); deduce, infer, perceive the implications of; be thoroughly knowledgeable about; accept as true
understand: If you understand someone or understand what they are saying, you know what they mean. Rusty nodded as though she understood the old woman I don't understand what you are talking about He was speaking poor English, trying to make himself understood
understand: To be informed; to have or receive knowledge
understand: If someone is given to understand that something is the case, it is communicated to them that it is the case, usually without them being told directly. I am given to understand that he was swearing throughout the game at our fans
understand: To understand someone means to know how they feel and why they behave in the way that they do. It would be nice to have someone who really understood me, a friend Trish had not exactly understood his feelings She understands why I get tired and grumpy
understand: You can use understand in expressions like do you understand? or is that understood? after you have told someone what you want, to make sure that they have understood you and will obey you. You do not hit my grandchildren, do you understand? I don't need it, understand? I don't want to hear another word about it. Is that understood, Emma?
understand: To recognize or hold as being or signifying; to suppose to mean; to interpret; to explain
understand: know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"
understand: make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"
understand: To comprehend or be aware of
understand: If you understand a language, you know what someone is saying when they are speaking that language. I couldn't read or understand a word of Yiddish, so I asked him to translate
understand: To have the use of the intellectual faculties; to be an intelligent being
understand: You say that you understand something when you know why or how it happens. They are too young to understand what is going on In the effort to understand AIDS, attention is moving from the virus to the immune system
understand: entender (ie), comprender; I (don't) understand , (No) comprendo
understand: be understanding of; "You don't need to explain--I understand!"
understand: To apply values (axioms)
understand: comprehend
understand: realize