understand

Betekenis (Engels)

(of communication or means of communication: words, statements, signs, etc.) To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.
(of communication or means of communication: words, statements, signs, etc.) To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.
(of a skill, task, profession, etc.) To be thoroughly familiar with; to be able to undertake properly.
To comprehend a fact or principle; to regard or come to regard a belief as such.
(of people) To know the intent, motives or character of; (of events) to know the causes of or reasons for.
To believe, to think one grasps sufficiently despite potentially incomplete knowledge.
To regard as present when not.
To stand underneath, to support.
To comprehend or grasp (some particular matter); to have comprehension (in general);

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un‧der‧stand

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/(ˌ)ʌndəˈstænd/

From Middle English understanden, from Old English understandan (“to understand”), from Proto-West Germanic *understandan (“to stand between, understand”), from Proto-Germanic *understandaną (“to stand between, understand”), equivalent to Old English under- (“between, inter-”) + standan (“to stand”) (Modern English under- + stand). Cognate with Old Frisian understonda (“to understand, experience, learn”), Old High German understantan (“to understand”), Middle Danish understande (“to understand”). Compare also Saterland Frisian understunda, unnerstounde (“to dare, survey, measure”), Dutch onderstaan (“to undertake, presume”), German unterstehen (“to be subordinate”).