understand :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

v. know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"

v. "I did not catch this!"

v. 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"

gather, infer

v. believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?"

read, translate, interpret

v. make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"

sympathize, empathize

v. be understanding of; "You don't need to explain--I understand!"

grasp, dig, compass, savvy, comprehend, apprehend, get the picture

v. get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"

digest, arrange in the mind

v. arrange and integrate in the mind; "I cannot digest all this information"

intuit

v. know or grasp by intuition or feeling

feel, sense, pick up, perceive

v. to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"

learn, larn, gain knowledge, acquire skills, acquire knowledge

v. gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"

con, learn, memorize, commit to memory

v. commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"

realize

v. convert into cash; of goods and property

feel, sense, pick up, perceive

v. to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"

behold, lay eyes on

v. see with attention; "behold Christ!"

spot, spy, descry, espy

v. catch sight of

discover, see for the first time

v. see for the first time; make a discovery; "Who discovered the North Pole?"

feel, sense, pick up, perceive

v. to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"

accept

v. consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"

assume, presume

v. take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof; "I assume his train was late"

think, believe

v. judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"

think, guess, suppose, imagine, reckon

v. expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"

acknowledge, recognize, know

v. declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"

decipher, decode, decrypt

v. read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"

support, back, plump for, endorse, plunk for

v. be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"

feel, experience

v. undergo an emotional sensation; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"

sanction, okay, approve, ok

v. give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"

control, master, get hip to

v. have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of; "Do you control these data?"

click, get through, come home to, penetrate, dawn on, sink in, click with, get across, came to, fall into place

v. be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"

feel, sense, pick up, perceive

v. to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"

guess, infer

v. guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"

learn, larn, gain knowledge, acquire skills, acquire knowledge

v. gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"

realize

v. convert into cash; of goods and property

sympathize with, side with, root for, take sides with, align oneself with

v. share the suffering of

sympathize, sympathize with, be sympathetic to

v. share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of

mistake, confuse, misconstrue, confound, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, take amiss

v. interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"

mistake, confuse, misconstrue, confound, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, take amiss

v. interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"

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