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understand
Synonyms and Antonyms of understand
- As I understand it, this is the best plan that we have.
draw a conclusion
- I think I understand how an engine works now.
- After a few weeks in Russia I began to understand the language a little bit.
appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch, catch on (to), cognize, compass, comprehend, conceive, cotton (to or on to), decipher, decode, dig, discern, get, grasp, intuit, know, make, make out, perceive, recognize, register, savvy, see, seize, sense, tumble (to), twig
pick up on
Synonym Discussion of understand
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- orders that were fully understood and promptly obeyed
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- I have trouble comprehending your reasons for doing this
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- failed to appreciate the risks involved
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