understood

UK /ʌndəˈstʊd/ US /ʌndɚˈstʊd/

adj 1intj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

easy, english, enough, foreign, other, persuasive, simple, still

The instructions were easy enough to be understood by everyone in the room.

VERB + UNDERSTOOD

can't, cannot, couldn't, make, time

I couldn't make myself understood because everyone was talking at once.

UNDERSTOOD + NOUN

countries, everybody, french, gorillas

By the time we finished the presentation, everybody understood the new company policy.

PREP.

I didn't understand what she meant in the context of our earlier conversation.

ADV.

easily, really, sufficiently

The instructions were not really understood by most of the students in the class.

adj

Having been comprehended.

intj

Indicates comprehension on the part of the speaker.

adjective — implied by or inferred from actions or statements

Any universe simple enough to be understood is too simple to produce a mind able to understand it.

Tatoeba · #1747

Can you make yourself understood in English?

Tatoeba · #16292

She cannot have understood what you said.

Tatoeba · #17206

You can't have understood what he said.

Tatoeba · #17447

You must begin with books like these that are easily understood.

Tatoeba · #20952

Isn't it difficult to make yourself understood in a foreign language?

Tatoeba · #21922

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