- Types Of Speech
- You can use understand as a verb in a sentence.
- About Understand
- A 3 syllables verb and 10 letters with the letters a, d, e, n, r, s, t, and u, 7 consonants, 3 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters rs. Understand starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters u, un, und, unde, under, and the ending characters are d, nd, and, tand, stand, ..
- Definition
- Know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- Compound Words
- A compound word, understand has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are under, and stand.
- Pig Latin
- Understand in Pig Latin is said as "understanday or understandway".
- Unigram
- u | n | d | e | r | s | t | a | n | d
- Bigram
- un | nd | de | er | rs | st | ta | an | nd
- Trigram
- und | nde | der | ers | rst | sta | tan | and
- Quadrigram
- unde | nder | ders | erst | rsta | stan | tand
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- 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?" - be understanding of;
"You don't need to explain--I understand!"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abide | put up with something or somebody unpleasant "I cannot bear his constant criticism" "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks" "he learned to tolerate the heat" "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" |
| Absorb | cause to become one with "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax" |
| Accept | tolerate or accommodate oneself to "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions" "I swallowed the insult" "She has learned to live with her husband''s little idiosyncracies" |
| Acknowledge | accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne" "We do not recognize your gods" |
| Acquire | come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) "He grew a beard" "The patient developed abdominal pains" |
| Agree | consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something "She agreed to all my conditions" "He agreed to leave her alone" |
| Allow | allow or plan for a certain possibility concede the truth or validity of something "I allow for this possibility" "The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash" |
| Almighty | terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God |
| Appreciate | increase the value of "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark" |
| Apprehend | get the meaning of something "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Understand
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Apprehension | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" |
| Discernment | the trait of judging wisely and objectively "a man of discernment" |
| Savvy | the cognitive condition of someone who understands "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect" |
| Understanding | the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Apprehend | get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" |
| Bottom | a cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms" |
| Catch | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" |
| Compass | navigational instrument for finding directions |
| Comprehend | get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" |
| Construe | make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?" |
| Dig | the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow; "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs" |
| Fathom | (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore |
| Figure Out | |
| Follow | keep informed; "He kept up on his country''s foreign policies" |
View All Hyponyms For Understand
Understand Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With U
- Ends With D
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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