understanding
21understanding — 1. noun 1) test your understanding of the language Syn: comprehension, apprehension, grasp, mastery, appreciation, assimilation, absorption; knowledge, awareness, insight, skill, expertise, proficiency; informal know how; formal cognizance Ant …
22understanding — n. & adj. n. 1 a the ability to understand or think; intelligence. b the power of apprehension; the power of abstract thought. 2 an individual s perception or judgement of a situation etc. 3 an agreement; a thing agreed upon, esp. informally (had …
23understanding — mis·understanding; un·understanding; understanding; …
24understanding — /ʌndəˈstændɪŋ / (say unduh standing) noun 1. the act of someone who understands; comprehension; personal interpretation. 2. intelligence; wit. 3. superior intelligence; superior power of recognising the truth: women of understanding. 4. a mutual… …
25understanding — I. noun Date: before 12th century 1. a mental grasp ; comprehension 2. a. the power of comprehending; especially the capacity to apprehend general relations of particulars b. the power to make experience intelligible by applying concepts and… …
26understanding — 1. noun a) Mental, sometimes emotional process of comprehension, assimilation of knowledge, which is subjective by its nature. According to my understanding, the situation is quite perilous. I wonder if you see it this way, too. b) Reason or …
27understanding — To have a word, or a picture, or any other object in one s mind seems to be one thing, but to understand it is quite another. A major target of the later work of Wittgenstein is the suggestion that this understanding is achieved by a further… …
28understanding — Synonyms and related words: IQ, Spartan, Vernunft, abatement of differences, acceptation, accepting, acclamation, accommodation, accord, accordance, accordant, acute, adjustment, affinity, agape, agreeable, agreeing, agreement, agreement of all,… …
29understanding — n. the feet. (A pun. Always singular.) □ The boy has a good understanding. Really big gunboats, in fact. □ I always had a good understanding even when I was a kid …
30Understanding — 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.… …
