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Understand
//ˌʌndəˈstænd//
Synonyms for "understand" (160 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (32)
Strong matches (48)
Related words (80)
have information abouthave it tapedhave knowledge ofhearhear ofimagineinferinforminterpretkenknowlearnletlet belikemakemake outmasteropinepenetrate
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perceiveperfumepiercepossessprefigureprehendpresumepresupposepresurmiseprovisionally acceptreadread intorealizereckonrecognizerelatereputesavvysayseeseizeseize the meaningsensesupposesurmisesuspectsympathizesympathize withtaketake cognizance oftake fortake for grantedtake intake ittake it thattake to betake to meantellthinktoleratetumbletumble totunetwigunderstand byviewwitwotwot of
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9 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
6 entriesRelated terms
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9 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
3 entrieshas prerequisite
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
9 entriesTranslations
390 translations across 162 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- аилкаара verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Afrikaans
1 entries- verstaan verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Albanian
4 entries- N'zë verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- besoj verb (to believe one grasps the meaning of)
- kuptoj verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- përvetësoj verb (to grasp the meaning of)
American Sign Language
1 entries- SmallO@NearSfhead-PalmBack Release verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Amharic
1 entries- ተረዳ verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- συνίημι verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- ἐννοέω verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- ἐπίσταμαι verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Andi
1 entries- бичӏчӏунну verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Arabic
4 entries- فهم verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- فهم verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- فهم verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- فَهِمَ verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Armenian
1 entries- հասկանալ verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Aromanian
4 entries- achicãsescu verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- apucupescu verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- ayrãxescu verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- duchescu verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Assamese
2 entries- বুজা verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- বুজি পোৱা verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Asturian
1 entries- entender verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Avar
1 entries- бичӏчӏизе verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- anlamaq verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- başa düşmək verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- başı çıxmaq verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- qanmaq verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Bashkir
2 entries- аңлау verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- төшөнөү verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Basque
4 entries- aditu verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- entelegatu verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- konprenitu verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- ulertu verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Belarusian
4 entries- зразуме́ць verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- зразуме́ць verb (to believe one grasps the meaning of)
- разуме́ць verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- разуме́ць verb (to believe one grasps the meaning of)
Bengali
1 entries- বোঝা verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- बुझईल verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Bikol Central
1 entries- sabot verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Breton
1 entries- kompren verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Bulgarian
4 entries- разбера́ verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- разбера́ verb (to believe one grasps the meaning of)
- разби́рам verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- разби́рам verb (to believe one grasps the meaning of)
Burmese
1 entries- နားလည် verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Buryat
2 entries- мэдэхэ verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- ойлгохо verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Catalan
2 entries- comprendre verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- entendre verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Cebuano
1 entries- sabot verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- تێگەیشت verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- سەر لێ دەرچون verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Chechen
1 entries- кхета verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎪᎵᎦ verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Chinese
2 entries- дун verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- минбый verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 明白 verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 了解 /暸解 verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- 懂 verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- 明白 verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- 理解 verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Church Slavic
1 entries- разоумѣти verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Czech
4 entries- chápat verb (to believe one grasps the meaning of)
- chápat verb (to believe)
- pochopit verb (to believe one grasps the meaning of)
- porozumět verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Danish
4 entries- begribe verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- fatte verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- forstå verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- forstå verb (to believe one grasps the meaning of)
Dari
1 entries- فَهْمِیدَن verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Dolgan
1 entries- туолкулаа verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Dutch
3 entries- begrijpen verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- geloven verb (to believe one grasps the meaning of)
- snappen verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Dzongkha
1 entries- ཧ་གོ verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Esperanto
1 entries- kompreni verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Estonian
3 entries- aru saama verb (to believe one grasps the meaning of)
- mõistma verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- mõistma verb (to believe)
Faroese
2 entries- forstanda verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- skilja verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Finnish
4 entries- bonjata verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- hiffata verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- käsittää verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- kässätä verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Franco-Provençal
3 entries- cheveir verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- comprendre verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- entendre verb (to grasp the meaning of)
French
1 entries- comprendre verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Friulian
1 entries- capî verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Galician
1 entries- entender verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Gallurese
1 entries- cumprindí verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Georgian
1 entries- გაგება verb (to grasp the meaning of)
German
4 entries- begreifen verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- den Eindruck haben verb (to believe one grasps the meaning of)
- glauben verb (to believe one grasps the meaning of)
- verstehen verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Greek
3 entries- αντιλαμβάνομαι verb (to believe one grasps the meaning of)
- καταλαβαίνω verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- κατανοώ verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Greenlandic
1 entries- paasivaa verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Gujarati
1 entries- સમજવું verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Hawaiian
1 entries- maopopo verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Hebrew
2 entries- הֵבִין verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- הֵבִין verb (to believe one grasps the meaning of)
Higaonon
1 entries- nakasabut verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Hindi
1 entries- समझना verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Hungarian
4 entries- felfog verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- hall verb (to believe one grasps the meaning of)
- hisz verb (to believe one grasps the meaning of)
- megért verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Icelandic
3 entries- skilja verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- skilja verb (to believe)
- skiljast verb (to believe one grasps the meaning of)
Indonesian
2 entries- memahami verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- mengerti verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Ingrian
4 entries- arvata verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- arvoa verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- saavva arvoa verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- ymmärtää verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Ingush
1 entries- кхета verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Interlingua
1 entries- comprender verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- فَهْمیدَن verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Irish
1 entries- tuig verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Istro-Romanian
3 entries- kapęi verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- razumęi verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- âncelege verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Italian
4 entries- capire verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- comprendere verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- credere verb (to believe)
- intendere verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Japanese
4 entries- 信じる verb (to believe one grasps the meaning of)
- 分かる verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- 分かる verb (to believe)
- 理解する verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Javanese
2 entries- ngerti verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- weruh verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Kalmyk
1 entries- ухх verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Kazakh
2 entries- түсіну verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- ұғу verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Khalaj
1 entries- anglamaq verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Khmer
2 entries- យល់ verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- ស្ដាប់ verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Konkani
2 entries- अर्थ जांव्चे verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- कळचे verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Korean
3 entries- 리해하다 verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- 알다 verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- 이해하다 verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- түшүнүү verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- угуу verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Ladin
1 entries- capir verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Lakota
1 entries- okáȟniǧA verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Lao
1 entries- ເຂົ້າໃຈ verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Latin
4 entries- capio verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- capio verb (to believe)
- comprehendō verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- conspicio verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Latvian
1 entries- saprast verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Lithuanian
1 entries- suprasti verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Low German
2 entries- begriepen verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- verstahn verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- rozměś verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- zrozměś verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Macedonian
1 entries- ра́збира impf ра́збере verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Malay
1 entries- memahami verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Malayalam
2 entries- അറിയുക verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- മനസ്സിലാക്കുക verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Maltese
1 entries- fehem verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡠᠯᡥᡳᠮᠪᡳ verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Manx
1 entries- toig verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Mokilese
1 entries- woahwoa verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Mongolian
3 entries- мэдэх verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- ойлгох verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- ухах verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Māori
4 entries- aro verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- aweko verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- mātau verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- orotau verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Navajo
3 entries- adiistsʼaʼ verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- bidiistsʼį́į́h verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- bikʼiʼdiishtįįh verb (to believe)
North Frisian
4 entries- begrip verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- begripe verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- begripe verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- ferstun verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Northern Sami
1 entries- ipmirdit verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- fatte verb (to believe)
- forstå verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- forstå verb (to believe one grasps the meaning of)
- forstå verb (to believe)
Occitan
2 entries- comprendre verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- entendre verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Odia
1 entries- ବୁଝିବା verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Old English
4 entries- onġietan verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- onġietan verb (to believe)
- understandan verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- understandan verb (to believe)
Old Irish
1 entries- do·ucai verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Old Saxon
3 entries- bikunnan verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- farstandan verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- undarhuggian verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Oromo
1 entries- hubachuu verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Ossetian
1 entries- ӕмбарын verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آڭلامق verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Pannonian Rusyn
2 entries- зрозумиц verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- розумиц verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Pashto
2 entries- پوهېدل verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- پوهېدل verb (to believe)
Polish
4 entries- być świadomym znaczenia verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- pojmować verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- pojmować verb (to believe)
- pojąć verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Portuguese
4 entries- acreditar verb (to believe one grasps the meaning of)
- compreender verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- compreender verb (to believe)
- entender verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Romanian
2 entries- pricepe verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- înțelege verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Romansch
4 entries- ancleir verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- antalir verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- capir verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- chapir verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Russian
4 entries- подразумева́ть verb (to regard as present when not)
- понима́ть verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- понима́ть verb (to believe one grasps the meaning of)
- понима́ть verb (to believe)
S'gaw Karen
1 entries- နၢ်ပၢၢ် verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Salar
1 entries- olanğusı verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Sanskrit
1 entries- जानाति verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Sardinian
4 entries- appetzare verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- attibbìre verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- cumprendi verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- cumprèndere verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Sassarese
1 entries- cumprindí verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Scots
2 entries- ken verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- unnerstaund verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- tuig verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- razùmeti verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- razùmjeti verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- разу̀мети verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- разу̀мјети verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Shan
1 entries- ပွင်ႇၸႂ် verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Sicilian
3 entries- capiri verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- cumprènniri verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- ntènniri verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Sinhalese
1 entries- තේරෙනවා verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Slovak
3 entries- porozumieť verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- rozumieť verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- veriť verb (to believe)
Slovene
1 entries- razuméti verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Somali
2 entries- fahmid verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- kasid verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Southern Altai
1 entries- оҥдоор verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Spanish
4 entries- coger verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- comprender verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- comprender verb (to believe)
- dar en ello verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Sranan Tongo
2 entries- ferstan verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- frustan verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Swahili
3 entries- elewa verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- elewa verb (to believe one grasps the meaning of)
- elewa verb (to believe)
Swedish
3 entries- förstå verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- förstå verb (to believe one grasps the meaning of)
- förstå verb (to believe)
Sylheti
1 entries- ꠛꠥꠎꠣ verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Tagalog
3 entries- alamin verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- batirin verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- maintindihan verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Tajik
1 entries- фаҳмидан verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Tamil
4 entries- கிரகி verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- தெரி verb (to believe one grasps the meaning of)
- புரி verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- விளங்கு verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Tatar
1 entries- аңларга verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Telugu
1 entries- గ్రహించుట verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Thai
3 entries- ทราบ verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- รู้เรื่อง verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- เข้าใจ verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཧ་གོ verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Tocharian B
1 entries- kärs verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- save verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Turkish
1 entries- anlamak verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Turkmen
1 entries- düşünmek verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Tuvan
2 entries- билир verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- угаар verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Udmurt
1 entries- валаны verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Ukrainian
4 entries- зрозумі́ти verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- зрозумі́ти verb (to believe one grasps the meaning of)
- розумі́ти verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- розумі́ти verb (to believe one grasps the meaning of)
Upper Sorbian
2 entries- rozumić verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- zrozumić verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Urdu
1 entries- سَمَجْھنا verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Uyghur
3 entries- ئاڭقارماق verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- بىلمەك verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- چۈشەنمەك verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Uzbek
2 entries- anglamoq verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- tushunmoq verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Venetan
1 entries- capir verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Vietnamese
1 entries- hiểu verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Volapük
1 entries- suemön verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Welsh
1 entries- deall verb (to grasp the meaning of)
West-Frisian
2 entries- begripe verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- ferstean verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Western Bukidnon Manobo
1 entries- savut verb (to grasp the meaning of)
White Hmong
1 entries- nkag siab verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿאַרשטיין verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Zhuang
3 entries- doeng verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- mingzbeg verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- roxyiuj verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Zulu
2 entries- bona verb (to grasp the meaning of)
- qonda verb (to grasp the meaning of)
ǃXóõ
1 entries- ta̰ã verb (to grasp the meaning of)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
I'm so dumb... I'm trying to explain things to you that I don't understand myself.
Source: tatoeba (1497)
To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand.
Source: tatoeba (1634)
If you don't understand something, it's because you aren't aware of its context.
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