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understanding
noun
1 understanding
The cognitive condition of someone who understands:
— He has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect.
synonyms: apprehension, discernment, savvy.
Roget 498:
intelligence,
capacity,
comprehension,
understanding;
cuteness,
sabe [U.S.],
savvy [U.S.];
intellect
etc.
450;
nous [Fr.],
parts,
sagacity,
mother wit,
wit,
esprit,
gumption,
quick parts,
grasp of intellect;
acuteness
etc.
adj.;
acumen,
subtlety,
penetration,
perspicacy†,
perspicacity;
discernment,
due sense of,
good judgment;
discrimination
etc.
465;
cunning
etc.
702;
refinement
etc.
(taste)
850.
head,
brains,
headpiece,
upper story,
long head;
eagle eye,
eagle-glance;
eye of a lynx,
eye of a hawk.
wisdom,
sapience,
sense;
good sense,
common sense,
horse sense [U.S.],
plain sense;
rationality,
reason;
reasonableness
etc.
adj.;
judgment;
solidity,
depth,
profundity,
caliber;
enlarged views;
reach of thought,
compass of thought;
enlargement of mind.
genius,
inspiration,
geist [G.],
fire of genius,
heaven-born genius,
soul;
talent
etc.
(aptitude)
698.
[Wisdom in action]
prudence
etc.
864;
vigilance
etc.
459;
tact
etc.
698;
foresight
etc.
510;
sobriety,
self-possession,
aplomb,
ballast.
a bright thought,
not a bad idea.
Solomon-like wisdom.
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Dutch: begrip, benul, besef, notie, onderkenning, verstajem
Polish: przytomność
2 understanding
The statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises:
— There was an understanding between management and the workers.
synonym: agreement.
Roget 23:
agreement;
accord,
accordance;
unison,
harmony;
concord
etc.
714;
concordance,
concert;
understanding,
mutual understanding.
conformity
etc.
82;
conformance;
uniformity
etc.
16;
consonance,
consentaneousness†,
consistency;
congruity,
congruence;
keeping;
congeniality;
correspondence,
parallelism,
apposition,
union.
fitness,
aptness
etc.
adj.;
relevancy;
pertinence,
pertinencey†;
sortance†;
case in point;
aptitude,
coaptation†,
propriety,
applicability,
admissibility,
commensurability,
compatibility;
cognation
etc.
(relation)
9.
adaption†,
adjustment,
graduation,
accommodation;
reconciliation,
reconcilement;
assimilation.
consent
etc.
(assent)
488;
concurrence
etc.
178;
cooperation
etc.
709.
right man in the right place,
very thing;
quite the thing,
just the thing.
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Dutch: verdrag, afspraak, akkoord, convenant, deal, overeenkomst
Polish: porozumienie
3 understanding
An inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion:
— I knew I could count on his understanding.
synonym: sympathy.
Dutch: overeenkomst, besef, benul, bevattingsvermogen, begrip, verstandhouding
Polish: przychylność, sympatia, zainteresowanie, inklinacja
4 understanding
The capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination.
synonyms: intellect, reason.
Roget 450:
intellect,
mind,
understanding,
reason,
thinking principle;
rationality;
cogitative faculties,
cognitive faculties,
discursive faculties,
reasoning faculties,
intellectual faculties;
faculties,
senses,
consciousness,
observation,
percipience,
intelligence,
intellection,
intuition,
association of ideas,
instinct,
conception,
judgment,
wits,
parts,
capacity,
intellectuality,
genius;
brains,
cognitive powers,
intellectual powers;
wit
etc.
498;
ability
etc.
(skill)
698;
wisdom
etc.
498;
Vernunft [G.],
Verstand [G.].
soul,
spirit,
ghost,
inner man,
heart,
breast,
bosom,
penetralia mentis [Lat.],
divina particula aurae [Lat.],
heart's core;
the Absolute,
psyche,
subliminal consciousness,
supreme principle.
brain,
organ of thought,
seat of thought;
sensorium†,
sensory;
head,
headpiece;
pate,
noddle†,
noggin,
skull,
scull,
pericranium [Med.],
cerebrum,
cranium,
brainpan†,
sconce,
upper story.
[in computers] [Comp.]
central processing unit,
CPU;
arithmetic and logical unit,
ALU.
[Science of mind]
metaphysics;
psychics,
psychology;
ideology;
mental philosophy,
moral philosophy;
philosophy of the mind;
pneumatology†,
phrenology;
craniology [Med.],
cranioscopy [Med.].
ideality,
idealism;
transcendentalism,
spiritualism;
immateriality
etc.
317;
universal concept,
universal conception.
metaphysician,
psychologist
etc.
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Dutch: denkvermogen, geestvermogen, hersens, rede, verstand
Polish: rozsądek, rozsądność, rozum, logika
adjective
1 understanding
Characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy.
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