understand
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729·updated Jun 3, 2026verified
To perceive the intended meaning, significance, explanation, or cause of something.
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Classifications
Cognitive
Understand95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Responsibility
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
Automation
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
Variants
- synonym
- empathiseempathizeinferreadseesympathisesympathize
- pasttense
- understandedunderstood
- presentparticiple
- understanding
- thirdpersonsingular
- understands
- pastparticiple
- understandedunderstood
Framework definitions
- §1
- To perceive the intended meaning, significance, explanation, or cause of something.
- §1
- To perceive the intended meaning, significance, explanation, or cause of something.
- §1
- know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
- §2
- perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
- §3
- believe to be the case
- §4
- make sense of a language
- §5
- be understanding of
- §1 · legacy_primary
- To perceive the intended meaning, significance, explanation, or cause of something.DR-088 backfill from the verb definition column
Outgoing relationships
- verbLevel
understandlexicon:CognitiveLevel
Incoming relationships
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