understand

understand is a 10-letter English word with 12 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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. transitive verb. 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. transitive verb. To recognize or hold as being or signifying; to suppose to mean; to interpret; to explain.
4. transitive verb. To mean without expressing; to imply tacitly; to take for granted; to assume.
5. transitive verb. To stand under; to support.
6. intransitive verb. To have the use of the intellectual faculties; to be an intelligent being.
7. intransitive verb. To be informed; to have or receive knowledge.
8. verb. know and comprehend the nature or meaning of

   "She did not understand her husband"

   "I understand what she means"

9. verb. perceive (an idea or situation) mentally

   "Now I see!"

   "I just can't see your point"

   Synonyms: realise, realize, see

10. verb. believe to be the case

    "I understand you have no previous experience?"

    Synonyms: infer

11. verb. make sense of a language

    "She understands French"

    "Can you read Greek?"

    Synonyms: interpret, read, translate

12. verb. be understanding of

    "You don't need to explain--I understand!"

    Synonyms: empathise, empathize, sympathise, sympathize

Synonyms

realise, realize, see, infer, interpret, read, translate, empathise, empathize, sympathise, sympathize

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in understand:

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Common word forms

understands, understanded, understander, understanding, understandable

Words from these letters

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