understand : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: understand	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for understand
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
understand v know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means" perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea" Synonym(s): understand, realize, realise, see make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?" Synonym(s): understand, read, interpret, translate believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?" Synonym(s): understand, infer be understanding of; "You don't need to explain--I understand!" Synonym(s): sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise, understand
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Understand \Un`derstand"\ ([ucr]n`d[etil]rst[acr]nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Understood}, and Archaic {Understanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Understanding}.] [OE. understanden, AS. understandan, literally, to stand under; cf. AS. forstandan to understand, G. verstehen. The development of sense is not clear. See {Under}, and {Stand}.] 1. To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a problem in Euclid; to understand a proposition or a declaration; the court understands the advocate or his argument; to understand the sacred oracles; to understand a nod or a wink.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Understand \Un`der*stand"\, v. i. 1. To have the use of the intellectual faculties; to be an intelligent being. Imparadised in you, in whom alone I understand, and grow, and see. --Donne. 2. To be informed; to have or receive knowledge. I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah. --Neh. xiii. 7.