Found 3 items, similar to Understand.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: understand
ceding, faham, maklum, memahami, menduga, mengarifi, mengarifkan, mengerti, ngarti
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: understand
understand
v 1: know and comprehend the nature or meaning of;
“She did not
understand her husband”;
“I understand what she means”
2: 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” [syn:
realize,
realise,
see]
3: make sense of a language;
“She understands French”;
“Can you
read Greek?” [syn:
read,
interpret,
translate]
4: believe to be the case;
“I understand you have no previous
experience?” [syn:
infer]
5: be understanding of;
“You don't need to explain--I
understand!” [syn:
sympathize,
sympathise,
empathize,
empathise]
[also:
understood]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Understand
Understand
\Un`der*stand"\, v. i.
1. To have the use of the intellectual faculties; to be an
intelligent being.
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Imparadised in you, in whom alone
I understand, and grow, and see. --Donne.
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2. To be informed; to have or receive knowledge.
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I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that
Eliashib did for Tobiah. --Neh. xiii.
7.
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Understand
\Un`der*stand"\ ([u^]n`d[~e]r*st[a^]nd"), v. t. [imp.
& p. p.
Understood (([u^]n`d[~e]r*st[oo^]d"),), and Archaic
Understanded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Understanding.] [OE.
understanden, AS. understandan, literally, to stand under;
cf. AS. forstandan to understand, G. verstehen. The
development of sense is not clear. See
Under, and
Stand.]
1. To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the
meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to
comprehend; to know; as, to understand a problem in
Euclid; to understand a proposition or a declaration; the
court understands the advocate or his argument; to
understand the sacred oracles; to understand a nod or a
wink.
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Speaketh [i. e., speak thou] so plain at this time,
I you pray,
That we may understande what ye say. --Chaucer.
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I understand not what you mean by this. --Shak.
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Understood not all was but a show. --Milton.
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A tongue not understanded of the people. --Bk. of
Com. Prayer.
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2. To be apprised, or have information, of; to learn; to be
informed of; to hear; as, I understand that Congress has
passed the bill.
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3. To recognize or hold as being or signifying; to suppose to
mean; to interpret; to explain.
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The most learned interpreters understood the words
of sin, and not of Abel. --Locke.
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4. To mean without expressing; to imply tacitly; to take for
granted; to assume.
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War, then, war,
Open or understood, must be resolved. --Milton.
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5. To stand under; to support. [Jocose & R.] --Shak.
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To give one to understand, to cause one to know.
To make one's self understood, to make one's meaning clear.
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