- understanding - characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy; "an understanding friend"
Antonyms: unperceptive, unperceiving (indirect, via perceptive)
- understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy - the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"
--1 is a kind of knowing
--1 has particulars:comprehension; self-knowledge; smattering; appreciation, grasp, hold; grasping; hindsight; insight, brainstorm, brainwave; realization, realisation, recognition Derived forms: verb understand2, verb understand1 - agreement, understanding - the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises; "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers"
--2 is a kind of statement
--2 has parts: condition, term
--2 has particulars: - sympathy, understanding - an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding"
--3 is a kind of inclination, disposition, tendency
Derived form: verb understand5 - reason, understanding, intellect - the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"
--4 is a kind of faculty, mental faculty, module
- understand - know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun understanding1
Sam and Sue understand the movie
They won't understand the story
- understand, realize, realise, see - 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"
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun understanding1
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- understand, read, interpret, translate - make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"
--3 is one way to understand
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- understand, infer - believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?"
--4 is one way to believe
Sample sentence:
They understand him to write the letter
- sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise, understand - be understanding of; "You don't need to explain--I understand!"
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun understanding3
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody