Understand is defined as to know the meaning of something or to grasp the situation.
(verb)See understand in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb understood, understanding
Origin: ME understanden < OE understandan, lit., to stand among, hence observe, understand
intransitive verb
Related Forms:
See understand in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb un·der·stood (-sto͝odˈ), un·der·stand·ing, un·der·stands verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English understanden
Origin: , from Old English understandan
Origin: : under-, under-
Origin: + standan, to stand; see stā- in Indo-European roots
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