English to English adjective
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Knowing; intelligent; skillful; as, he is an understanding man. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy |  | Example: an understanding friend
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the cognitive condition of someone who understands |  | Example: he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect
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the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises |  | Example: they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business there was an understanding between management and the workers
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an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion |  | Example: his sympathies were always with the underdog I knew I could count on his understanding
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the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination |  | Example: we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil
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The act of one who understands a thing, in any sense of the verb; knowledge; discernment; comprehension; interpretation; explanation. |  | source: webster1913
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