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the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something a social observer with a deep understanding of the problems that the nation's cities face in the 21st century

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understanding

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adjective

understanding

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verb

present participle of understand
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Recent Examples of understanding
Noun
Today, with connected data and identity, companies can gain a deeper and more holistic understanding of their audiences. Partner Content, Variety, 7 Oct. 2025 This is where deeper conversations can open doors to healing wih a broader understanding. Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Thanks to Comedy Central and South Park fans for being so understanding. Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025 Thanks to Comedy Central and South Park fans for being so understanding. Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
While there’s no single biomarker that can perfectly predict disease or mortality, there are many that reign supreme in understanding women’s overall health and disease risk. Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 1 Oct. 2025 Arizona was a leader in this, stepping up and understanding that extreme heat is an interesting hybrid calamity. Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for understanding
Recent Examples of Synonyms for understanding
Noun
  • The league and its players are currently in a tense collective bargaining agreement negotiation, as the current deal will expire at the end of this month.
    Ben Pickman, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Under a pending agreement with ICE, the Guard's role enforcing immigration laws could expand to providing additional military personnel to be trained by ICE and deputized into assisting with policing immigration.
    Juan Cordoba, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Sometimes love can be about showing affection, spending quality time together, and showing appreciation for your partner.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Treat all financial decisions as math decisions with no appreciation for reasonable emotion, sentimental value, and desire to feed your soul.
    Big Think, Big Think, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • We are honored to spotlight a community that not only faced an unprecedented disaster but emerged with a stronger, more compassionate spirit.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2025
  • TikTokers were quick to praise Coco for his empathy and Cruz for raising such a compassionate pup.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the years since, Wickelgren, Kass and others have reframed a host of other enumerative problems using motivic homotopy theory, deriving the relevant quadratic forms in various number systems.
    Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 26 Sep. 2025
  • About half of the company’s sales are direct-to-consumer, deriving from the stores as well as Rails’ e-commerce site.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For the first 330 days, Goldberg-Polin fought to save her son’s life, not knowing he was executed on day 328.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • That dominance, with Chapman often waiting in the wings, gave Cora the advantage of managing seven-inning games, knowing any lead was likely safe over the final two frames.
    Michael Hurley, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Though historians have called for further research before making claims, the proposal of a script rooted in sign language might open the chance to explore a new way of deciphering Mayan art and show the ancient civilization to be even more sophisticated and efficient than scholars even knew.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Now, a team of international astronomers has succeeded in deciphering the gravitational wave signal, GW190412, to determine more about the collision and the resulting event that sent an infant black hole hurtling through space.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Brazil has also helped meet China’s demand for soybeans, with both countries announcing a pact in July to deepen agricultural trade ties.
    Alayna Treene, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The particulars of the Versant deal remain unleaked, although the league is now on course to book even more annual TV revenue than it was set to realize under the original 2024 pact.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This allows customers to innovate with sophisticated AI capabilities for robot controls and perception.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Not even Edebiri, who’s great at giving you a lot with a little, can salvage a part in which a lot of cultural baggage yields extremely little real perception.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Understanding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/understanding. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.

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