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Understanding   /ˌəndərstˈændɪŋ/   Listen
Understanding

noun
1.
The cognitive condition of someone who understands.  Synonyms: apprehension, discernment, savvy.
2.
The statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises.  Synonym: agreement.  "There was an understanding between management and the workers"
3.
An inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion.  Synonym: sympathy.  "I knew I could count on his understanding"
4.
The capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination.  Synonyms: intellect, reason.
adjective
1.
Characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy.


Understand

verb
(past & past part. understood, archaic understanded; pres. part. understanding)
1.
Know and comprehend the nature or meaning of.  "I understand what she means"
2.
Perceive (an idea or situation) mentally.  Synonyms: realise, realize, see.  "I just can't see your point" , "Does she realize how important this decision is?" , "I don't understand the idea"
3.
Make sense of a language.  Synonyms: interpret, read, translate.  "Can you read Greek?"
4.
Believe to be the case.  Synonym: infer.
5.
Be understanding of.  Synonyms: empathise, empathize, sympathise, sympathize.



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"Understanding" Quotes from Famous Books



... is part of the universe, then the universe is not intelligible apart from man, and the cosmic process is not fully understood unless we also have an understanding of human activity. This, therefore, is the counter-claim that I would suggest. The course and method of evolution, or of the 'cosmic process'—to use Huxley's term—is imperfectly described if the methods and principles of human action are ...
— Recent Tendencies in Ethics • William Ritchie Sorley
... worth recalling and would hurt you—now," he replied. "But it served to draw me Helen's way. We were engaged when she was seventeen.... Then came the war. And the other night she laughed in my face because I was a wreck.... Mel, it's beyond understanding how things work out. Helen has chosen the fleshpots of Egypt. You have chosen a lonelier and higher path.... And here I am in your little parlor asking ...
— The Day of the Beast • Zane Grey
... lack of human understanding, the negro loafer to be found around some of our Southern towns and depots may be quoted as a signal and quite amusing example. The hat, as Mr. Sala humorously puts it, resembles an inverted coal ...
— My Native Land • James Cox
... ride was interesting though tiresome. Ralph tried to count the telegraph poles without understanding ...
— Ralph Granger's Fortunes • William Perry Brown
... excellent judgment as a trader with the various bands of Indians while he was employed by the great fur companies made his services invaluable in the strange business complications of the remote border. Besides understanding the Cheyenne language as well as his native tongue, he also spoke three other Indian dialects, French, and Spanish, but with many Western expressions that sometimes grated harshly upon the ...
— The Old Santa Fe Trail - The Story of a Great Highway • Henry Inman


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