Related Words for understand

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see
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Verb, Verb
infer
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Verb, Verb
realize
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Verb, Verb
interpret
x/x
Verb, Verb
read
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Verb, Verb
empathize
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Verb, Verb
sympathize
/xx
Verb, Verb
translate
x/
Verb, Verb
gather
/x
Verb, Verb
comprehend
xx/
Verb
explain
x/
Verb
know
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Verb
recognize
/xx
Verb
misunderstand
xxx/
Verb
believe
x/
Verb
clarify
/xx
Verb
grasp
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Noun
appreciate
x/xx
Verb
recognise
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Verb
think
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Verb
learn
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Verb
identify
x/xx
Verb
acknowledge
x/x
Verb
realise
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Verb
elucidate
x/xx
Verb
decipher
x/x
Verb
analyze
/xx
Verb
aware
x/
Adjective
discern
x/
Verb
perceive
x/
Verb
relate
x/
Verb
describe
x/
Verb
tell
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Verb
conceptualize
x/xx
Verb
remember
x/x
Verb
fathom
/x
Noun
emphasize
/xx
Verb
accept
x/
Verb
argue
/x
Verb
internalize
x/xx
Verb
communicate
x/xx
Verb
assume
x/
Verb
evaluate
x/xx
Verb
define
x/
Verb
agree
x/
Verb
ascertain
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Verb
anticipate
x/xx
Verb
speak
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Verb
quantify
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Verb
observe
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Verb
analyse
xx/
Verb
convey
x/
Verb
explicate
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Verb
examine
x/x
Verb
demonstrate
/xx
Verb
sure
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Adjective
discover
x/x
Verb
contextualize
x/xxx
Verb
summarize
/xx
Verb
discuss
x/
Verb
determine
x/x
Verb
confuse
x/
Verb
verbalize
/xx
Verb
clearly
/x
Adverb
must
/
Verb, Noun
surmise
x/
Noun
mean
/
Noun
assess
x/
Verb
presume
x/
Verb
visualize
/xx
Verb
find
/
Verb
characterize
/xxx
Verb
deduce
x/
Verb
ignore
x/
Verb
confirm
x/
Verb
deny
x/
Verb
that
/
Adverb, Noun
consider
x/x
Verb
informed
x/
Adjective
guess
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Noun
advise
x/
Verb
forget
x/
Verb
dissect
x/
Verb
imagine
x/x
Verb
assure
x/
Verb
teach
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Verb
reconcile
/xx
Verb
affirm
x/
Verb
admit
x/
Verb
expect
x/
Verb
theorize
/xx
Verb
pinpoint
/x
Noun
ascribe
x/
Verb
enunciate
x/xx
Verb
emphasise
/xx
Verb
embrace
x/
Noun
misinterpret
xx/x
Verb
convinced
x/
Adjective
validate
/xx
Verb
disagree
xx/
Verb
reiterate
x/xx
Verb
demystify
x/xx
Verb
help
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Noun
expound
x/
Verb
take
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Verb
conceive
x/
Verb
apprehend
xx/
Verb
feel
/
Verb
receive
x/
Verb
take in
/x
Phrase, Verb
penetrate
/xx
Verb
reach
/
Noun
sense
/
Noun
twig
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Noun
pick up
//
Phrase, Verb
make sense
//
Phrase, Verb
have a handle on
/x/x/
Phrase, Verb
get across
/x/
Phrase, Verb
construe
x/
Verb
follow
/x
Verb
digest
x/
Noun
overstand
/xx
Verb, Noun
catch on
//
Phrase, Verb
assimilate
x/xx
Verb
think through
//
Phrase, Verb
figure out
/x/
Phrase, Verb
skill
/
Noun
articulate
x/xx
Adjective
hear
/
Verb
get the idea
/xx/x
Phrase, Verb
process
/x
Noun
included
x/x
Adjective
make something of
//x/
Phrase, Verb
read into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
brain
/
Noun
work out
//
Phrase, Verb
encompass
x/x
Verb
meet
/
Verb
intuit
x/x
Noun
enlighten
x/x
Verb
read up on
///
Phrase
absorb
x/
Verb
cotton on to
/xxx
Phrase, Verb
resolve
x/
Noun
savvy
/x
Noun
take to
//
Phrase, Verb
have in mind
/x/
Phrase, Verb
pick up on
///
Phrase, Verb
declare
x/
Verb
figured
/x
Adjective
represent
xx/
Verb
abstract
x/
Name
entertain
xx/
Verb
think about
/xx
Phrase, Verb
envision
x/x
Verb
nod
/
Adverb
intricacies
/xxx
Noun
workings
/x
Noun
aright
xx
Adverb
nuances
/xx
Noun
basics
/x
Noun
complexities
x/xx
Noun
better
/x
Adverb
motivations
xx/x
Noun
dynamics
x/x
Noun
fully
/x
Adverb
quite
/
Adverb
ramifications
xxx/x
Noun
mysteries
/xx
Noun
intuitively
x/xxx
Adverb
happening
/xx
Verb
perfectly
/xx
Adverb
intellectually
xx/xxx
Adverb
experientially
xxx/xx
Adverb
abreast
x/
Adverb, Adjective
account
x/
Noun, Verb
acquaint
x/
Verb, Adjective
actual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
ago
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
agreement
x/x
Noun
aloud
x/
Adverb, Adjective
angrier
/xx
Adjective
apply
x/
Verb, Adjective
appreciation
xxx/x
Noun
are
/
Noun
arousal
x/x
Noun
awkward
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
blame
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
build
/
Verb, Noun
but
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
capture
/x
Verb, Noun
care
/
Noun, Verb
catch
/
Verb, Noun
clear
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
clue
/
Noun, Verb
compass
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
compassion
x/x
Noun, Verb
comprehensible
xx/xx
Adjective
comprehension
xx/x
Noun
comprised
x/
Verb
confusion
x/x
Noun
conscious
/x
Adjective, Noun
consist
x/
Verb, Noun
contain
x/
Verb
conversant
x/x
Adjective, Noun
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
detect
x/
Verb, Adjective
develop
x/x
Verb
dig
/
Verb, Noun
entail
x/
Verb, Noun
familiar
x/x
Adjective, Noun
familiarize
x/xx
Verb
gain
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
get
/
Verb, Noun
get the picture
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
gotcha
/x
Noun
grab
/
Verb, Noun
have
/
Verb, Noun
idea
x/x
Noun
imply
x/
Verb
impress
x/
Verb, Noun
incomprehensible
xxx/xx
Adjective, Noun
incorporate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
insight
/x
Noun
interpretation
xxx/x
Noun
involve
x/
Verb
ken
/
Noun, Verb
knowledge
/x
Noun, Verb
lick
/
Verb, Noun
listen
/x
Verb, Noun
love
/
Noun, Verb
make out
//
Phrase, Verb
message
/x
Noun, Verb
nudge
/
Noun, Verb
okay
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
please
/
Verb, Adverb
preparing
x/x
Noun
provide
x/
Verb
puzzle out
/x/
Phrase, Verb
question
/x
Noun, Verb
recognition
xx/x
Noun
roger
/x
Name, Verb
seize
/
Verb
sit
/
Verb, Noun
smart
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
solve
/
Verb, Noun
suggest
x/
Verb
sympathise
/xx
Verb
touch
/
Noun, Verb
view
/
Noun, Verb
wonder
/x
Verb, Noun
work
/
Noun, Verb
your
/
save
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
die
/
Verb, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
sorta
/x
Adverb
anymore
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Adverb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb