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UNDERSTOOD
silent, tacit, understood
(adjective) implied by or inferred from actions or statements; “gave silent consent”; “a tacit agreement”; “the understood provisos of a custody agreement”
understood
(adjective) fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation; “the understood conditions of troop withdrawal were clear”
UNDERSTAND
understand
(verb) know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; “She did not understand her husband”; “I understand what she means”
understand, realize, realise, see
(verb) 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, infer
(verb) believe to be the case; “I understand you have no previous experience?”
understand, read, interpret, translate
(verb) make sense of a language; “She understands French”; “Can you read Greek?”
sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise, understand
(verb) be understanding of; “You don’t need to explain--I understand!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
understood (comparative more understood, superlative most understood)
Having been comprehended.
Hyponyms
• little-understood
• well-understood
Verb
understood
simple past tense and past participle of understand
Interjection
understood
Indicates comprehension on the part of the speaker.
Source: Wiktionary
Un`der*stood",
Definition: imp. & p. p. of Understand.
UNDERSTAND
Un`der*stand", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Understood, and Archaic Understanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Understanding.] Etym: [OE. understanden, AS. understandan, literally, to stand under; cf. AS. forstandan to understand, G. verstehen. The development of sense is not clear. See Under, and Stand.]
1. 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. Speaketh [i. e., speak thou] so plain at this time, I you pray, That we may understande what ye say. Chaucer. I understand not what you mean by this. Shak. Understood not all was but a show. Milton. A tongue not understanded of the people. Bk. of Com. Prayer.
2. To be apprised, or have information, of; to learn; to be informed of; to hear; as, I understand that Congress has passed the bill.
3. To recognize or hold as being or signifying; to suppose to mean; to interpret; to explain. The most learned interpreters understood the words of sin, and not of Abel. Locke.
4. To mean without expressing; to imply tacitly; to take for granted; to assume. War, then, war, Open or understood, must be resolved. Milton.
5. To stand under; to support. [Jocose & R.] Shak. To give one to understand, to cause one to know.
– To make one's self understood, to make one's meaning clear.
Un`der*stand", v. i.
1. To have the use of the intellectual faculties; to be an intelligent being. Imparadised in you, in whom alone I understand, and grow, and see. Donne.
2. To be informed; to have or receive knowledge. I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah. Neh. xiii. 7.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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