To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.
Can you repeat what you just said? I didn't understand.
To be thoroughly familiar with; to be able to undertake properly.
The students understood the assignment.
To comprehend a fact or principle; to regard or come to regard a belief as such.
I understand that company policy says I can't get a refund, but can you make an exception?
Uh-huh, I see; a way to acknowledge something said by the other speaker.
From Middle English understanden, from Old English understandan (“to understand”), from Proto-West Germanic *understandan (“to stand between, understand”), from Proto-Germanic *understandaną (“to stan...
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