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0 to know the meaning of something that someone says:
She explained the whole idea again, but I still didn't understand.
Is there anyone here who understands Arabic?
I think he was calling from a club - it was so noisy, I couldn't understand a word he said.
[ + question word ] We still don't fully understand how the brain works.
My wife doesn't understand me.
Sometimes I don't understand James.
[ + question word ] You don't understand what it's like/how it feels to have to beg on the streets.
When he said three o'clock, I understood him to mean in the afternoon.
I wanted to make sure that we want the same things, that we really understand each other.
1 to know or realize something because you have been told it:
[ + (that) ] I understand (that) you are interested in borrowing some money from us.
[ + that ] The Director had given her to understand (= told her) that she would be promoted.
[ + obj + to infinitive ] A secret buyer is understood to have paid $1 million for the three pictures (= there is unofficial news that this has happened).
I don't want you to see that boy again. Understand?/Do you understand?/Is that understood?
In the library it is understood that people should talk quietly.
2 to know the meaning of something, or to know how a person feels and why the person behaves in a particular way:
[ + question word ] I don’t understand what he means.
[ T ] It was so noisy I couldn’t understand (= recognize) a word he was saying.
[ T ] He claimed that no one ever understood him (= had any sympathy for him or knew what he was feeling).
[ + question word ] I understand how she feels about the loss of her dog.
[ T ] It is understood that (= Everyone knows and accepts that) you don’t bring food or drinks into the library.
3 to believe something is true because you have been told something that causes you to think it:
[ + (that) clause ] I understand (that) the show will go on, but with a different cast.
I understood him to say (= I believed that he said) that the trip had been canceled.