understanding
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1.1
- noun
- /ˌʌndərˈstændɪŋ/
- The teacher's explanation helped the students gain a better understanding of the topic.
- a better understanding
- gain understanding
- a deep understanding
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Watch on YouTubeSo let's go deep in understanding what this really means.
- So let's go deep in understanding what this really means.
- That's actually destroying the whole understanding of light, right?
- It, it doesn't lead us into understanding the way things truly are.
- So first, let's start with understanding sacrifice versus compromise.
- So asking him this question is really about understanding his mindset.
- You have to have an understanding of what not caring means.
- You can draw it by understanding what a cube is.
- It's ways of self understanding and a standard for growth.
- And that's instructive for our understanding of any kind of life form.
- So just remember this, understanding the demographics isn't enough.
- So I have to think, how do I understand understanding?
- That was done, at least for our understanding before that Ind.
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The survey led RI leadership to see the need for increased understanding between all implementing staff.
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His research promised to advance our primitive understanding of science.
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So step one is understanding when there is fear.
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So you got to start with understanding why am I doing this?
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And in order to get that understanding, we have to act right.
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With their great understanding of German, that should bring them back.
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The type of story the child tells can represent their understanding of family relationships.
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No part of the NHS can work without a clear understanding of patient safety and safeguarding.
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Her research focuses on understanding the science of aging.
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Now I try to plan activities that facilitate understanding across cultures and respect cultural differences.
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Synonyms
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1.0
Information and skills gained from study or experience
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4.9
A deep clear understanding of how something really is
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3.2
Knowing about something or noticing it
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4.4
An explanation of what something means
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2.9
An ability to notice and understand the value of something
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3.0
Ability to understand the meaning of what you read or hear
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3.7
A strong and complete knowledge of a subject or idea
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4.0
The ability to notice and understand things quickly
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5.5
Knowing what an idea or situation means
Antonyms
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1.6
When someone does not understand something correctly and this causes a problem
Compounds
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3.0
A situation where people live together without fighting and understand each other
Knowledge and respect for cultural differences that helps people live or work together
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Surface Forms
Morphology
understanding = understand (transparent) = understand + ing
Standard gerund/nominalization of a verb; 'understanding' meaning 'ability to comprehend' follows directly from 'understand'.
Etymology
The word understanding comes from old English parts under- and stand, which once suggested 'standing close to' an idea. So it now means the ability to 'grasp' or know what something means.