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
(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
understood (comparative more understood, superlative most understood)
Having been comprehended.
• little-understood
• well-understood
understood
simple past tense and past participle of understand
understood
Indicates comprehension on the part of the speaker.
Source: Wiktionary
Un`der*stood",
Definition: imp. & p. p. of 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
20 April 2025
(noun) food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
