Thesaurus: understand

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1. v. t. 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.
2. v. t. 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. v. t. To recognize or hold as being or signifying; to suppose to mean; to interpret; to explain.
4. v. t. To mean without expressing; to imply tacitly; to take for granted; to assume.
5. v. t. To stand under; to support.
6. v. i. To have the use of the intellectual faculties; to be an intelligent being.
7. v. i. To be informed; to have or receive knowledge.
8. v. know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
9. v. perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
10. v. make sense of a language
11. v. believe to be the case
12. v. be understanding of