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To u_________ someone means to know how they feel and why they behave in the way that they do.To understand someone means to know how they feel and why they behave in the way that they do.It would be nice to have someone who really understood me, a friend.Trish had not exactly understood his feelings.She understands why I get tired and grumpy. verbIf you understand someone or understand what they are saying, you know what they mean .I think you heard and also understand me.Rusty nodded as though she understood the old woman.I don't understand what you are talking about.He was speaking poor English, trying to make himself understood.If you understand a language, you know what someone is saying when they are speaking that language.I couldn't read or understand a word of Yiddish, so I asked him to translate.To understand someone means to know how they feel and why they behave in the way that they do.It would be nice to have someone who really understood me, a friend.Trish had not exactly understood his feelings.She understands why I get tired and grumpy.You say that you understand something when you know why or how it happens .They are too young to understand what is going on.She didn't understand why the TV was kept out of reach of the patients.It is worth making the effort to understand how investment trusts work.If you understand that something is the case, you think it is true because you have heard or read that it is. You can say that something is understood to be the case to mean that people generally think it is true.We understand that she's in the studio recording her second album.I understand you've heard about David.The idea, as I understand it, is to make science more relevant.The management is understood to be very unwilling to agree to this request.It is understood that the veteran reporter had a heart attack. A1

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query	To u_________ someone means to know how they feel and why they behave in the way that they do.To understand someone means to know how they feel and why they behave in the way that they do. It would be nice to have someone who really understood me, a friend. Trish had not exactly understood his feelings. She understands why I get tired and grumpy.
word	understand
full-definition	verb If you understand someone or understand what they are saying, you know what they mean . I think you heard and also understand me. Rusty nodded as though she understood the old woman. I don't understand what you are talking about. He was speaking poor English, trying to make himself understood. If you understand a language, you know what someone is saying when they are speaking that language. I couldn't read or understand a word of Yiddish, so I asked him to translate. To understand someone means to know how they feel and why they behave in the way that they do. It would be nice to have someone who really understood me, a friend. Trish had not exactly understood his feelings. She understands why I get tired and grumpy. You say that you understand something when you know why or how it happens . They are too young to understand what is going on. She didn't understand why the TV was kept out of reach of the patients. It is worth making the effort to understand how investment trusts work. If you understand that something is the case, you think it is true because you have heard or read that it is. You can say that something is understood to be the case to mean that people generally think it is true. We understand that she's in the studio recording her second album. I understand you've heard about David. The idea, as I understand it, is to make science more relevant. The management is understood to be very unwilling to agree to this request. It is understood that the veteran reporter had a heart attack.
inflections	understandsunderstandingunderstood
cefr-level	A1

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