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UNDERSTAND definition: 1. to know the meaning of something that someone says: 2. to know why or how something happens or…. Learn more.

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to grasp the significance or importance of: [~ + object] He doesn't understand responsibility.[no object] A child doesn't understand about death. to learn or hear:[~ + (that) clause] I understand that you were ill. understand to know or realize the meaning of words, a language, what someone says, etc.; to know or realize how or why something happens, how it works, or why it is important: I don't understand the instructions. Doctors are just beginning to understand the causes of the disease. Understand is the most general and can apply to a range of situations or degrees of perception: understood the directions; understands only a little spoken Spanish; couldn't understand what I did wrong.

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understand (third-person singular simple present understands, present participle understanding, simple past and past participle understood) (transitive, intransitive, of communication or means of communication: words, statements, signs, etc.)