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understanding
Overview of noun understanding
The noun understanding has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (41) understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy -- (the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect")
2. (2) agreement, understanding -- (the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises; "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers")
3. (1) sympathy, understanding -- (an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding")
4. (1) reason, understanding, intellect -- (the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil")
Overview of verb understand
The verb understand has 5 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (111) understand -- (know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means")
2. (29) understand, realize, realise, see -- (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")
3. (9) understand, read, interpret, translate -- (make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?")
4. (4) understand, infer -- (believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?")
5. (1) sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise, understand -- (be understanding of; "You don't need to explain--I understand!")
Overview of adj understanding
The adj understanding has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) understanding -- (characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy; "an understanding friend")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun understanding
4 senses of understanding
Sense 1
understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
=> knowing
=> higher cognitive process
=> process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
agreement, understanding
=> statement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
sympathy, understanding
=> inclination, disposition, tendency
=> attitude, mental attitude
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
reason, understanding, intellect
=> faculty, mental faculty, module
=> ability, power
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun understanding
2 of 4 senses of understanding
Sense 1
understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
=> comprehension
=> self-knowledge
=> smattering
=> appreciation, grasp, hold
=> grasping
=> hindsight
=> insight, brainstorm, brainwave
=> realization, realisation, recognition
Sense 2
agreement, understanding
=> conspiracy, confederacy
=> fair-trade agreement
=> covenant
=> unilateral contract
=> sale, sales agreement
=> bargain, deal
=> working agreement
=> gentlemen's agreement
=> written agreement
=> submission
=> entente, entente cordiale
=> oral contract
=> reservation
=> settlement
=> severance agreement
=> suicide pact
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun understanding
4 senses of understanding
Sense 1
understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
=> knowing
Sense 2
agreement, understanding
=> statement
Sense 3
sympathy, understanding
=> inclination, disposition, tendency
Sense 4
reason, understanding, intellect
=> faculty, mental faculty, module
Antonyms of noun understanding
Member Holonyms of noun understanding
Substance Holonyms of noun understanding
Part Holonyms of noun understanding
Member Meronyms of noun understanding
Substance Meronyms of noun understanding
Part Meronyms of noun understanding
1 of 4 senses of understanding
Sense 2
agreement, understanding
HAS PART: condition, term
Meronyms of noun understanding
1 of 4 senses of understanding
Sense 2
agreement, understanding
HAS PART: condition, term
Holonyms of noun understanding
Attributes of noun understanding
Derived Forms of noun understanding
2 of 4 senses of understanding
Sense 1
understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
RELATED TO>(verb) understand#2
=> understand, realize, realise, see
RELATED TO>(verb) understand#1
=> understand
Sense 3
sympathy, understanding
RELATED TO>(verb) understand#5
=> sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise, understand
Domain of noun understanding
Domain Terms of noun understanding
Familiarity of noun understanding
understanding used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun understanding
4 senses of understanding
Sense 1
understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
> knowing
=> awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness
=> incognizance
=> know
=> cognizance, ken
=> prevision, foresight, farsightedness, prospicience
=> understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
Sense 2
agreement, understanding
> statement
=> summary, sum-up
=> pleading
=> amendment
=> thing
=> truth, true statement
=> description, verbal description
=> declaration
=> announcement, proclamation, annunciation, declaration
=> Bill of Rights
=> formula
=> mathematical statement
=> bid, bidding
=> word
=> explanation, account
=> explicandum, explanandum
=> explanans
=> value statement
=> representation
=> solution, answer, result, resolution, solvent
=> answer, reply, response
=> announcement, promulgation
=> prediction, foretelling, forecasting, prognostication
=> proposition
=> quotation
=> falsehood, falsity, untruth
=> understatement
=> reservation, qualification
=> cautious statement
=> comment, commentary
=> remark, comment
=> rhetorical question
=> misstatement
=> restatement
=> agreement, understanding
=> condition, term
=> estimate
=> formula, chemical formula
=> representation
=> declaration
=> assurance
=> recital
=> negation
Sense 3
sympathy, understanding
> inclination, disposition, tendency
=> direction
=> drift, trend, movement
=> Call
=> denominationalism
=> devices
=> sympathy, understanding
=> favoritism, favouritism
=> proclivity, propensity, leaning
=> bent, set
=> literalism
=> perseveration
=> predisposition
=> favor, favour
=> disfavor, disfavour, dislike, disapproval
=> partiality, partisanship
=> impartiality, nonpartisanship
Sense 4
reason, understanding, intellect
> faculty, mental faculty, module
=> attention
=> language, speech
=> memory, retention, retentiveness, retentivity
=> reason, understanding, intellect
=> sense, sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty
=> volition, will
Meronyms of noun understanding
4 senses of understanding
Sense 2
agreement, understanding
HAS PART: condition, term
Holonyms of noun understanding
Grep of noun understanding
misunderstanding
mutual understanding
understanding
Antonyms of verb understand
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb understand
5 senses of understand
Sense 1
understand
Sense 2
understand, realize, realise, see
Sense 3
understand, read, interpret, translate
=> understand
Sense 4
understand, infer
=> believe
=> accept
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 5
sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise, understand
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb understand
2 of 5 senses of understand
Sense 1
understand
=> grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend
=> sense
=> follow
=> catch, get
=> touch
=> understand, read, interpret, translate
=> read
=> interpret, construe, see
=> make out
=> solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work
=> penetrate, fathom, bottom
Sense 2
understand, realize, realise, see
=> perceive
=> appreciate, take account
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb understand
5 senses of understand
Sense 1
understand
Sense 2
understand, realize, realise, see
Sense 3
understand, read, interpret, translate
=> understand
Sense 4
understand, infer
=> believe
Sense 5
sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise, understand
'Cause To' of verb understand
Derived Forms of verb understand
4 of 5 senses of understand
Sense 1
understand
RELATED TO>(adj) understandable#1
=> apprehensible, intelligible, graspable, perceivable, understandable
RELATED TO>(noun) understanding#1
=> understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
Sense 2
understand, realize, realise, see
RELATED TO>(adj) understandable#1
=> apprehensible, intelligible, graspable, perceivable, understandable
RELATED TO>(noun) understanding#1
=> understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
Sense 3
understand, read, interpret, translate
RELATED TO>(adj) understandable#1
=> apprehensible, intelligible, graspable, perceivable, understandable
Sense 5
sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise, understand
RELATED TO>(adj) understandable#1
=> apprehensible, intelligible, graspable, perceivable, understandable
RELATED TO>(noun) understanding#3
=> sympathy, understanding
Domain of verb understand
Domain Terms of verb understand
Familiarity of verb understand
understand used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb understand
5 senses of understand
Sense 1
understand
EX: Sam and Sue understand the movie
EX: They won't understand the story
Sense 2
understand, realize, realise, see
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 3
understand, read, interpret, translate
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 4
understand, infer
EX: They understand him to write the letter
Sense 5
sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise, understand
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb understand
2 of 5 senses of understand
Sense 3
understand, read, interpret, translate
> understand
=> grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend
=> sense
=> follow
=> catch, get
=> touch
=> understand, read, interpret, translate
=> read
=> interpret, construe, see
=> make out
=> solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work
=> penetrate, fathom, bottom
Sense 4
understand, infer
> believe
=> understand, infer
=> swallow
=> buy
=> believe
=> trust, swear, rely, bank
=> believe in
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb understand
Sense 1
understand
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Sense 2
understand, realize, realise, see
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Sense 3
understand, read, interpret, translate
=> understand
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Sense 4
understand, infer
=> believe
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Sense 5
sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise, understand
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Grep of verb understand
misunderstand
understand
Antonyms of adj understanding
1 sense of understanding
Sense 1
understanding
INDIRECT (VIA perceptive) -> unperceptive, unperceiving
Similarity of adj understanding
1 sense of understanding
Sense 1
understanding
=> perceptive (vs. unperceptive)
Pertainyms of adj understanding
Attributes of adj understanding
Domain of adj understanding
Domain Terms of adj understanding
Familiarity of adj understanding
understanding used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj understanding
understanding
Grep of adv understanding
understandingly
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