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  • Definition
    • understand :to see or know the meaning of (something)
      • I can’t understand his absence

    • understand :to know (eg a person ) thoroughly
      • She understands children/dogs.

    • understand :to learn or realize (something), eg from information received
      • At first I didn’t understand how ill she was

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