understood
adjective
un·der·stood ˌən-dər-ˈstu̇d 
1
: fully apprehended
2
: agreed upon
3
: implicit
Example Sentences
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Regina Hoshimi, Forbes, 27 June 2022 Clients want to feel understood and feel comfortable explaining their issues, without feeling like they will be overlooked. Ariyana Griffin, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022 The Academy’s decision is emblematic of a wider problem: Even among sophisticated moviegoers, film editing remains little understood and often overlooked. Peter Tonguette, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022 In the current Highway Code there’s a little-understood rule that pedestrians have priority at junctions. Carlton Reid, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022 Based in Europe, Interpol is a little-understood but quietly important part of law enforcement. Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2021 Nurses were spending 12-hour shifts sweating inside the personal protective equipment that kept them safe from the novel, little-understood virus that floated in the air around them. The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Oct. 2021 Learning to make these decisions off of comprehensive, well understood and trustworthy data can drastically increase the effectiveness of any decision and bring order to an otherwise chaotic world. Noah Mitsuhashi, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021 Here are five things to know about the little-understood variant. Dallas News, 16 Aug. 2021 See More
Regina Hoshimi, Forbes, 27 June 2022 Clients want to feel understood and feel comfortable explaining their issues, without feeling like they will be overlooked. Ariyana Griffin, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022 The Academy’s decision is emblematic of a wider problem: Even among sophisticated moviegoers, film editing remains little understood and often overlooked. Peter Tonguette, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022 In the current Highway Code there’s a little-understood rule that pedestrians have priority at junctions. Carlton Reid, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022 Based in Europe, Interpol is a little-understood but quietly important part of law enforcement. Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2021 Nurses were spending 12-hour shifts sweating inside the personal protective equipment that kept them safe from the novel, little-understood virus that floated in the air around them. The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Oct. 2021 Learning to make these decisions off of comprehensive, well understood and trustworthy data can drastically increase the effectiveness of any decision and bring order to an otherwise chaotic world. Noah Mitsuhashi, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021 Here are five things to know about the little-understood variant. Dallas News, 16 Aug. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1
understood
verb
1
as in derived
to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information as I understand it, this is the best plan that we have Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- derived
- decided
- inferred
- concluded
- thought
- deduced
- reasoned
- assumed
- guessed
- extrapolated
- ascertained
- judged
- speculated
- surmised
- interpreted
- read
- supposed
- made out
- gathered
- construed
- contemplated
- conjectured
- drew a conclusion
- rationalized
- philosophized
- found out
- doped (out)
2
as in knew
to have a practical understanding of I think I understand how an engine works now Synonyms & Similar Words
- knew
- comprehended
- grasped
- appreciated
- possessed
- fathomed
- apprehended
- perceived
- followed
- cognized
- kenned
- had
- savvied
- caught on (to)
- picked up
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- misunderstood
- misinterpreted
- misapprehended
- misperceived
- misconceived
- misknew
3
as in comprehended
to have a clear idea of after a few weeks in Russia I began to understand the language a little bit Synonyms & Similar Words
- knew
- comprehended
- recognized
- deciphered
- grasped
- appreciated
- saw
- realized
- discerned
- sensed
- perceived
- conceived
- got
- intuited
- apprehended
- made
- assimilated
- grokked
- decoded
- beheld
- seized
- cognized
- dug
- registered
- twigged
- made out
- savvied
- caught
- fathomed
- absorbed
- compassed
- digested
- caught on (to)
- picked up on
- tumbled (to)
- cottoned (to or on to)
- penetrated
- took in
- pierced
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- missed
- misunderstood
- misinterpreted
- misconstrued
- misread
- misapprehended
- misconceived
- mistook
- misperceived