understood

[US]/ʌndə'stʊd/
[UK]/ˌʌndɚˈstʊd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

v. comprehended;
adj. comprehensible

Phrases & Collocations

I understand

Understood clearly

clearly understood

Example Sentences

It is understood that you will come.

It is understood that the fee will be 50 dollars.

He is understood to be a man of ability.

the understood conditions of troop withdrawal.

the understood provisos of a custody agreement.

The President is understood to have secretly left the country.

He is the man (whom) they understood to be extremely rich.

message understood, over and out .

monsters can be understood as mental projections of mankind's fears.

he understood her wish for peace and quiet .

he could usually make himself understood .

Only the few men around the president understood his motive.

Some persons understood this as an imputation on Mrs. Ducker .

Then he said something and I understood it.

She managed to make herself understood in English.

It is understood that hard work can bring success.

I understood him to say that he wouldn't be able to come.

You have not understood; allow me to elucidate.

Real-world Examples

To understand that we need to first understand where they start.

Source: CNN 10 Student English February 2020 Compilation

The answer is that we don't yet understand aerosols and clouds well enough.

Source: TED-Ed (audio version)

This was the only man who had ever understood her.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 3

Camera light metres can be used if their limitations are understood.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

Women, especially beautiful ones, have long understood that there's nothing so tantalizing as something you can't understand.

Source: Time

Mr. Deer spoke only to confirm that he understood the charge.

Source: BBC Listening Collection December 2015

Mrs Fairfax looked puzzled and clearly did not understand.

Source: Jane Eyre (Abridged Version)

But I discovered soon afterwards that he had understood and remennbered everything.

Source: Abduction

But exactly why they cannibalise the dead chimp is not fully understood.

Source: BBC documentary "Our Planet"

Now, there is scientific proof that they do in fact understand what you are feeling.

Source: VOA Special April 2014 Collection

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