Synonym: appreciate, comprehend, conceive, follow, grasp, know, realize. Antonym: misunderstand. Similar words: under, under way, founder, undergo, fall under, come under, undermine, undertake. Meaning: [‚ʌndə(r)'stænd] 
v. 1. know and comprehend the nature or meaning of 2. perceive (an idea or situation) mentally 3. make sense of a language 4. believe to be the case 5. be understanding of.
v. 1. know and comprehend the nature or meaning of 2. perceive (an idea or situation) mentally 3. make sense of a language 4. believe to be the case 5. be understanding of. 
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271. Her behavior wounded him in a way he did not really understand.
272. It is important to understand the powerful economic and social forces at work behind our own actions.
273. The English in this story has been simplified to make it easier to understand.
274. Just tell him how you feel - I'm sure he'll understand.
275. His accent is so thick you could cut it with a knife I can hardly understand a word he says.
276. Bits and pieces of things he'd read and heard were coming together, and he began to understand.
277. You have to explain it in terms that the man on the Clapham omnibus would understand.
278. Alice, if you carry on whining like that I won't take you - do you understand!
279. I can't understand a word you're saying. Can't you speak the Queen's English?
280. He tried to get a fix on the young man's motives, but he just couldn't understand him.
281. We do not fully understand how the brain is organized.
282. He explained it as simply as he could, but the class still didn't understand.
283. While I understand what you say, I can't agree with you.
284. He's too young to understand the ways of the world.
285. I couldn't understand the lecture so I just turned off.
286. I'm sorry, I don't understand. Can you explain that again?
287. He seized on my mistake and said I didn't understand.
288. You begin to understand what actions were the mainspring of the story.sentencedict.com
289. In order to understand how the human body works, you need to have some knowledge of chemistry.
290. I didn't understand what the teacher said about prepositions, because she only skated over it.
291. Only people that use a kitchen all the time understand the best way to lay it out.
292. Then it came to me that perhaps he did understand.
293. They can't understand what we mint at,unless we speak it out.
294. He was gesticulating wildly at me, but I could not understand what he was trying to tell me.
295. I was given to understand she was staying at this hotel.
296. It was a mark of his unfamiliarity with Hollywood that he didn't understand that an agent was paid out of his client's share.
More similar words: under, under way, founder, undergo, fall under, come under, undermine, undertake, underlying, under control, first and foremost, undergraduate, wander, the first person, gender, render, tender, stand, commander, offender, defender, reminder, stand by, stand for, stand out, stand up, stance, wanderlust, distant, instant.