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understanding
UK /ʌndəˈstandɪŋ/ US /ˌʌndɚˈstændɪŋ/
noun 5adj 2
Definitions
noun
1
The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.
There are certain things that defy human understanding.
The Ways of Heav’n are dark and intricate, Puzzled in Mazes, and perplext with Errors; Our Underſtanding traces ’em in vain, Loſt and bewilder’d in the fruitleſs Search; […]
2
Reason or intelligence; ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge; ability to infer.
She has a solid understanding of particle physics.
3
Opinion, judgement, or outlook.
It is the goneness of the Holocaust that produces the simultaneous profusion of discourses and understandings; the goneness is what opens up, what spurs, what unleashes the perpetual desire to do, to make, to rethink the Holocaust.
There is a multitude of theisms, many understandings of God, even within the same religious tradition.
4
An agreement of minds; harmony; something mutually understood or agreed upon.
I thought we had an understanding - you do the dishes, and I throw the trash.
5
An agreement of minds; harmony; something mutually understood or agreed upon.
The parties of the negotiation have managed to come to an understanding.
adj
1
Showing compassion, tolerance, and forbearance; sympathetically aware.
2
Knowing; skilful.
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