understanding | English to English Dictionary

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understanding

(,/@/nd/@/r'st/&/nd/I//N/ )

Knowing; intelligent; skillful; as, he is an understanding man.(adjective)

source: webster1913

the cognitive condition of someone who understands(noun.cognition)

Example:
He has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect.

Synonym:
apprehension, discernment, savvy

source: wordnet30
the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises(noun.communication)

Example:
There was an understanding between management and the workers.

Synonym:
agreement

source: wordnet30
an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion(noun.cognition)

Example:
I knew I could count on his understanding.

Synonym:
sympathy

source: wordnet30
the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination(noun.cognition)

Synonym:
intellect, reason

source: wordnet30
The act of one who understands a thing, in any sense of the verb; knowledge; discernment; comprehension; interpretation; explanation.(noun)

source: webster1913

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