understander
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- noun
- /ˌʌndərˈstændər/
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comprendedor
- Our predilections for abstraction on the one hand, and psychedelic drugs on the other, feed our addiction to insight—to understanding new things about the understander.
I think I'm one of the really strong understanders of human behavior on the Internet.
- I think I'm one of the really strong understanders of human behavior on the Internet.
- It's part of a a system and it also has to take account of the truth understander or truth bringer.
Examples
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I'm no great understander of women, but I do keep hearing that they want partners who are good listeners.
Blog text (16) -
I mean, and Darwin felt, I mean, Darwin was a great understander and reader of biblical texts.
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It's part of a a system and it also has to take account of the truth understander or truth bringer.
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I think I'm one of the really strong understanders of human behavior on the Internet.
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Pressure understander.
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In taking him over, his understanders relieve themselves of his threat; they draw closer to him, closer and surer of step.
Academic text (1990) -
I'm not a Bob Dylan enthusiast nor, you know, understander of his collectible market.
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(d) Non-directive supervision: where the supervisor acts as an understander and allows the teacher to come up with their solution to classroom dilemmas.
Academic text (2005) -
For example, while arguing that contemporary poetry was too interior and detached from public affairs, MacLeish disparaged poets who recapitulated the Victorian type of "the quaint Bohemian, the understander of women, the young man with the girl's eyes" (62).
Academic text (2016) -
My friend is a great understander of different cultures and their customs.
Synonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
understander = understand (transparent) = understand + er
Formed by adding the agentive suffix '-er' to the verb 'understand', yielding 'one who understands', which is a straightforward, productive pattern.
Etymology
Understander comes from under ('below' or 'near') and stand ('to stand'), so imagine someone who 'stands under' an idea to hold it up and look at it closely. That's why an understander is a person who truly understands or grasps something.