understood

Understood is defined as to have known or realized the meaning.

(verb)

An example of understood is to have grasped the concepts of the quadratic equation.

The definition of understood is agreed upon.

(adjective)

An example of understood are the conditions that had already been voted upon by the committee before voting on the major issue; the understood conditions.

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See understood in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb

understand

adjective

  1. known; comprehended
  2. agreed upon
  3. implied but not expressed

See understood in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb
Past tense and past participle of understand.
adjective
  1. Agreed on; assumed: the understood conditions of troop withdrawal.
  2. Not expressed in writing; implied: the understood provisos of a custody agreement.

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