understood
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Of things which have been comprehended.
Verb
(head)
(understand)
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.
:(Shakespeare)
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) believe
Antonyms
* misunderstand
Derived terms
* I don’t understand
* understandable
* understanding
* understood
See also
* explain
* why
External links
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