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understanding
[ uhn-der-stan-ding ]
noun
- mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation:
My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- intellectual faculties; intelligence; mind:
a quick understanding.
- superior power of discernment; enlightened intelligence:
With her keen understanding she should have become a leader.
- knowledge of or familiarity with a particular thing; skill in dealing with or handling something:
an understanding of accounting practice.
- a state of cooperative or mutually tolerant relations between people:
To him, understanding and goodwill were the supreme virtues.
- a mutual agreement, especially of a private, unannounced, or tacit kind:
They had an understanding about who would do the dishes.
- an agreement regulating joint activity or settling differences, often informal or preliminary in character:
After hours of negotiation, no understanding on a new contract was reached.
- Philosophy.
- the power of abstract thought; logical power.
- Kantianism. the mental faculty resolving the sensory manifold into the transcendental unity of apperception.
adjective
- characterized by understanding; prompted by, based on, or demonstrating comprehension, intelligence, discernment, empathy, or the like:
an understanding attitude.
understanding
/ ˌʌԻəˈæԻɪŋ /
noun
- the ability to learn, judge, make decisions, etc; intelligence or sense
- personal opinion or interpretation of a subject
my understanding of your predicament
- a mutual agreement or compact, esp an informal or private one
- an unofficial engagement to be married
- archaic.philosophy the mind, esp the faculty of reason
- on the understanding thatwith the condition that; providing
adjective
- sympathetic, tolerant, or wise towards people
- possessing judgment and intelligence
Derived Forms
- ˌܲԻˈٲԻ徱Բ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲd·ٲԻiԲ· adverb
- ԴDzu··ٲԻiԲ adjective noun
- ԴDzu··ٲԻiԲ·ly adverb
- -ܲd·ٲԻiԲ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of understanding1
Example Sentences
It is improbable that a developer would buy the land without some understanding with Moreno about the long-term future of the Angels, but it is not impossible.
"Without them," he said, "we would not have anything approaching the understanding of the problem that we do have."
Just understanding what his career was, that’s The Logo, so very special.
Now, years later, I’m back in that same space, but with a little more understanding.
Social workers expressed concern that family relationships had broken down, family were showing a lack of understanding and the boy "felt worthless".
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