Understand vs False - What's the difference?
understand | false |
(lb) To be aware of the meaning of.
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*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:I understand not what you mean by this.
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* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
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, chapter=Foreword To impute meaning, character etc. that is not explicitly stated.
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:In this sense, the word is usually used in the past participle:
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*(John Locke) (1632-1705)
*:The most learned interpreters understood the words of sin, and not of Abel.
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*:Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
To stand under; to support.
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Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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, title= Based on factually incorrect premises: false legislation
Spurious, artificial.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a verb understand
is (lb) to be aware of the meaning of.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.understand
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Alternative forms
* understaund (obsolete)Verb
Sam Leith
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citation, passage=‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary,’ the Chief was saying. ‘An Alsatia like the ancient one behind the Strand, or the Saffron Hill before the First World War.
Usage notes
* Common objects of this verb include text'', ''word(s)'', ''sentence(s)'', ''note(s) , etc. * Rarely, the obsolete past tense form understanded'' may be found, e.g. in the ''Book of Common Prayer'' and ''Thirty-nine Articles of the Anglican Church .Synonyms
* (to know the meaning) apprehend, comprehend, grasp, know, perceive, pick up what someone is putting down, realise, grok * (to believe) believeAntonyms
* misunderstandDerived terms
* I don’t understand * understandable * understanding * understoodSee also
* explain * whyExternal links
* *false
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Adjective
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