Found 2 items, similar to Understood.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: understood understood See 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] understood adj 1: fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation; “the understood conditions of troop withdrawal were clear” [ant: ununderstood] 2: indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly; “gave silent consent”; “a tacit agreement”; “the understood provisos of a custody agreement” [syn: implied, silent, tacit]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Understood 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. [1913 Webster] Speaketh [i. e., speak thou] so plain at this time, I you pray, That we may understande what ye say. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] I understand not what you mean by this. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Understood not all was but a show. --Milton. [1913 Webster] A tongue not understanded of the people. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. To recognize or hold as being or signifying; to suppose to mean; to interpret; to explain. [1913 Webster] The most learned interpreters understood the words of sin, and not of Abel. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 4. To mean without expressing; to imply tacitly; to take for granted; to assume. [1913 Webster] War, then, war, Open or understood, must be resolved. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 5. To stand under; to support. [Jocose & R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] To give one to understand, to cause one to know. To make one's self understood, to make one's meaning clear. [1913 Webster] Understood \Un`der*stood"\, imp. & p. p. of Understand. [1913 Webster]