Understand

Verb

 * 1)  To be aware of the meaning of.
 * I understand German.
 * I received your note, but I did not understand it.
 * 1) To believe, based on information.
 * I understand that you have information for me.
 * 1) To impute meaning, character etc. that is not explicitly stated.
 * But we cannot disappoint Grandma and Grandpa Smith, and that is what family is all about! Do you understand?!
 * In this sense, the word is usually used in the past participle:
 * In the imperative mood, the word “you” is usually understood.
 * 1) To apply values (axioms).

Synonyms

 * apprehend, comprehend, grasp, know, perceive, realise, grok
 * believe

Antonyms

 * misunderstand

Derived terms

 * I don’t understand
 * understandable
 * understanding
 * understood

Adverbs for Understand
literally; distinctly; cleverly; dimly; sympathetically; expressly; properly; assuredly; intimately; vaguely; keenly; accurately; theoretically; adequately; subtly; exceptionally; shrewdly; sympathetically; tacitly.

Thesaurus
absorb, accept, agree, allow, appreciate, apprehend, arrange, assimilate, assume, be acquainted with, be afraid, be apprised of, be aware of, be cognizant of, be conscious of, be conversant with, be informed, be with one, believe, catch, catch on, catch on to, cognize, comprehend, conceit, conceive, conceptualize, conclude, conjecture, consider, construe, covenant, daresay, deduce, deem, define, describe, diagnose, dig, digest, discern, divine, dream, empathize with, expect, fancy, fathom, feel, follow, forgive, gather, get, get hold of, get it, get the drift, get the idea, get the picture, get wind of, grant, grasp, have, have information about, have it taped, have knowledge of, hear of, imagine, infer, interpret, ken, know, learn, let, let be, make out, master, opine, penetrate, perceive, perfume, possess, prefigure, prehend, presume, presuppose, presurmise, provisionally accept, read, read into, realize, reckon, recognize, repute, savvy, say, see, seize, seize the meaning, sense, suppose, surmise, suspect, sympathize with, take, take cognizance of, take for, take for granted, take in, take it, take it that, take to be, take to mean, think, tolerate, tumble to, twig, understand by, view, wit, wot, wot of

Etymology
From understanden:, from  understandan:, from  +, equivalent to  under-: + standan:. Cognate with understunda:,  understantan:, Middle  understande:. Compare also onderstaan:,  unterstehen:. More at,.

Pronunciation

 * ,, {{SAMPA|/%Vnd@(r)"st{nd/}}

Translations

 * Afrikaans: verstaan
 * Albanian: kuptoj, përvetësoj; ftillohem
 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Moroccan Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: ulertu
 * Belarusian: разумець
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,   (traditional also: ),  , 看得懂 ,  聽得懂,  听得懂
 * Czech:
 * Danish: forstå, fatte, begribe
 * Dutch: begrijpen, snappen
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:, , , , älytä, kässätä,  bonjata,  hiffata
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: (katalavaíno),  (katanoó)
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: comprender
 * Irish:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer: យល់
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: تێگه‌یشت, سه‌ر لێ ده‌رچون


 * Lao:
 * Latin:, , , , , , capio, capio, exaudio, video, video
 * Latvian: saprast
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Maltese: fehem
 * Mongolian: ойлгох, мэдэх
 * Norwegian:, ,
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, , być świadomym znaczenia
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scots:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: (Ekavian) разумети, (Ijekavian) разумјети
 * Roman: (Ekavian) razumeti, (Ijekavian) razumjeti
 * Slovak: rozumieť
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:, รู้เรื่อง,  ทราบ
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: розуміти
 * Urdu:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian:
 * !Xóõ: ta̰ã
 * Yiddish: פֿאַרשטיין
 * !Xóõ: ta̰ã
 * Yiddish: פֿאַרשטיין


 * Albanian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: ,
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek: συνειδητοποιώ (sineiditopoió), αντιλαμβάνομαι
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: értesül,
 * Icelandic: skiljast


 * Japanese:
 * Latin:
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: forstå, opfatte, indse, underforstå
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Japanese: ,


 * Latin: capio
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Swahili:


 * : faamu
 * : verstaan, begrijpen, but “begrijpen” or “snappen” a concept or idea or decision.
 * : maintidihan
 * : mengerti, paham
 * : ойлгох (ojlgoh)


 * : onġietan
 * : entender
 * : înţelege, pricepe, cuprinde
 * : razumeti
 * : -fahamiana