Synonym: implied, silent, tacit. Similar words: misunderstood, thunderstorm, understand, understate, understudy, misunderstand, understanding, understandable. Meaning: [‚ʌndə(r)'stænd] adj. 1. fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation 2. indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly.
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91 Washington was last night doing its best to mend fences with the Europeans, saying it understood their concerns.
92 He is the man they understood to be extremely rich.
93 He doesn't speak much Japanese but he can make himself understood.
94 I'd understood the words, but I didn't, as it were, understand the question.
95 She understood his meaning, if not his words, and took his advice.
96 Two chemists were talking shop, and I hardly understood a word they said.
97 Everyone understood how hard it was to get back into the swing of things after such a long absence.
98 The effects of these chemicals on the body are still poorly understood.
99 Dillons is understood to be reorganising the company's management structure.
100 In the sentence 'I can't drive', the object 'a car' is understood.
101 This effect was imperfectly understood by designers at that time.
102 Since they spoke only Swahili, we used signs and gestures to make ourselves understood.
103 I thought it was understood that my expenses would be paid.
104 The management is understood to be very unwilling to agree to this request.
105 When these arrangements had been well considered and were fully understood by all five, it was time to begin to carry them into execution.
106 I understood in general what she was talking about, but some of the finer details/points were beyond me.
107 She understood the importance of establishing a close rapport with clients.
108 The continentals have never understood our preference for warm beer.
109 It is understood that the veteran reporter had a heart attack.
110 They are understood to have retired through age or ill health.
111 He doesn't speak much English but he can make himself understood.
112 I understood him to say that he wouldn't be able to come.
113 I'm not very good at German, but I can make myself understood.
114 I can make myself understood in French, but I'm not fluent.
115 But back then, he says, aerodynamics were poorly understood.
116 Whether I understood them was another matter.
117 Minerals are understood in terms of their molecular architecture.
117 Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and make good sentences.
118 When they looked towards the raised altar they understood.
119 Women are made to be loved, not understood. Oscar Wilde
120 To be understood, avoid abstract terms.
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