Meaning of understanding | Babel Free

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1. The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.
   uncountable, with-of
2. The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning
3. Reason or intelligence; ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge; ability to infer.
   countable, with-of
4. Characterized by or having good sense or compassion: an understanding teacher.
5. Reason or intelligence; ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge; ability to infer
6. Opinion, judgement, or outlook.
   countable, with-of
7. an impaired state of the power of speech or of the ability to comprehend language, caused by injury to the brain.
8. Opinion, judgement, or outlook
9. An agreement of minds; harmony; something mutually understood or agreed upon.
   countable, uncountable, with-of
10. An informal contract; a mutual agreement.
    countable, uncountable, with-of
11. the power of entering into another’s personality and imaginatively experiencing his feelings. — empathie, adj.
12. An agreement of minds; harmony; something mutually understood or agreed upon. An informal contract; a mutual agreement
13. A reconciliation of differences.
    countable, uncountable, with-of
14. an additional explanation; the use of more words to clarify further. — epexegetic, epexegetical, adj.
15. An informal contract; a mutual agreement
16. Sympathy.
    uncountable, with-of
17. the science of intuition and reason as phenomena of the mind. — noological, adj.
18. Cognizant of and comprehending the needs, feelings, problems, and views of others:empathetic, empathic, feeling, sympathetic.
19. that can be understood. His anger is quite understandable. verstaanbaar مُمْكِن فَهْمُه разбираем compreensível pochopitelný verständlich forståelig κατανοητός, ευνόητος comprensible mõistetav قابل درک ymmärrettävä compréhensible שֶׁנִיתַן לְהָבִינוֹ जिसे समझा जा सके shvatljiv, razumljiv érthető bisa dipahami skiljanlegur comprensibile 理解できる 이해할 수 있는 suprantamas saprotams boleh difahami begrijpelijkforståeligzrozumiały دپوهيدو وړ، دپيژندو وړ compreensível comprehensibil, de neînţeles понятный...
20. (of a person) good at knowing how other people feel; sympathetic. an understanding person; Try to be more understanding! begrypend, begrip hê مُتَفَهِّم разбиращ compreensivo chápající verständnisvoll forstående που δείχνει κατανόησηcomprensivo mõistev فهیم ymmärtäväinen compréhensif מֵבִין समझ imati više razumijevanja megértő penuh pengertian skilningsríkur comprensivo 理解のある 이해력 있는 atjauèiantis, supratingas saprotošs; iejūtīgs bertimbang rasa begripvolforståelsesfullwyrozumiały پوهه، پيژندنه...
21. to make one's meaning or intentions clear. He tried speaking German to them, but couldn't make himself understood. verstaanbaar يَجْعَلُ نَفْسَه مَفْهوما разбран se fazer entender dorozumět se sich verständlich machen gøre sig forståelig γίνομαι κατανοητός, αντιληπτός hacerse entender ennast arusaadavaks tegema منظور خود را رساندن tehdä itsensä ymmärretyksi se faire comprendre לְהַבהִיר अपनी मंशा साफ करना jasno se izraziti megérteti magát membuat dipahami gera (sig) skiljanlegan farsi capire ...
22. The ability by which one understands; intelligence: concepts that are beyond the understanding of a child.

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Examples

“There are certain things that defy human understanding.”

“The Ways of Heav’n are dark and intricate, Puzzled in Mazes, and perplext with Errors; Our Underſtanding traces ’em in vain, Loſt and bewilder’d in the fruitleſs Search; […]”

“She has a solid understanding of particle physics.”

“It is the goneness of the Holocaust that produces the simultaneous profusion of discourses and understandings; the goneness is what opens up, what spurs, what unleashes the perpetual desire to do, to make, to rethink the Holocaust.”

“There is a multitude of theisms, many understandings of God, even within the same religious tradition.”

“The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure.”

“According to my understanding, the situation is quite perilous. I wonder if you see it this way, too.”

“I thought we had an understanding - you do the dishes, and I throw the trash.”

“The parties of the negotiation have managed to come to an understanding.”

“He showed much understanding for my problems when he heard about my past.”

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