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under·stand·ing (-stan′diŋ)

noun

  1. the mental quality, act, or state of a person who understands; comprehension, knowledge, discernment, sympathetic awareness, etc.
  2. the power or ability to think, learn, judge, etc.; intelligence; sense
  3. a specific interpretation or inference one's understanding of a matter
    1. mutual comprehension, as of ideas, intentions, etc.
    2. a mutual agreement, esp. one that settles differences or is informal and not made public

adjective

that understands; having or characterized by comprehension, sympathy, etc.

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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