understand

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. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

3. v. t. To recognize or hold as being or signifying; to suppose to mean; to interpret; to explain. Source: opted

4. v. t. To mean without expressing; to imply tacitly; to take for granted; to assume. Source: opted

5. v. t. To stand under; to support. Source: opted

6. v. i. To have the use of the intellectual faculties; to be an intelligent being. Source: opted

7. v. i. To be informed; to have or receive knowledge. Source: opted

8. v. know and comprehend the nature or meaning of Source: wordnet

9. v. perceive (an idea or situation) mentally Source: wordnet

10. v. make sense of a language Source: wordnet

11. v. believe to be the case Source: wordnet

12. v. be understanding of Source: wordnet

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