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Meaning of understand

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  understand
      v 1: know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not
           understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"
      2: perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I
         just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important
         this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea" [syn:
         {understand}, {realize}, {realise}, {see}]
      3: make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you
         read Greek?" [syn: {understand}, {read}, {interpret},
         {translate}]
      4: believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous
         experience?" [syn: {understand}, {infer}]
      5: be understanding of; "You don't need to explain--I
         understand!" [syn: {sympathize}, {sympathise}, {empathize},
         {empathise}, {understand}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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