adj
Meaning 1
Having been comprehended.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
understood
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ʌndəˈstʊd/
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General-American: /ʌndɚˈstʊd/
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rhymes with -ʊd
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CMU ARPABET: AH2 N D ER0 S T UH1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
intj
Meaning 2
Indicates comprehension on the part of the speaker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of understand
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
Examples
- Three crewmembers are understood to have been injured in the explosion.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the understood conditions of troop withdrawal were clear
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: ununderstood
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
implied by or inferred from actions or statements
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- gave silent consent
- a tacit agreement
- the understood provisos of a custody agreement
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: silent, tacit
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مَفْهُوم (mafhūm) — comprehended
- Dutch: verstaan — comprehended
- Dutch: begrepen — comprehended
- French: compris — comprehended
- German: verstanden — comprehended
- German: begriffen — comprehended
- German: zur Kenntnis genommen — comprehended
- Japanese: 分かった (wakatta) — comprehended
- Japanese: 了解 (ryoukai) — comprehended
- Japanese: 理解された (rikai-sare-ta) — comprehended
- Māori: aroā — comprehended
- Māori: arowā — comprehended
- Māori: whekori — comprehended
- Māori: whēiro — comprehended
- Māori: whēiroiro — comprehended
- Māori: pūrangiaho — comprehended
- Romanian: înțeles — comprehended
- Spanish: entendido — comprehended
- Swedish: förstått — comprehended
- Dutch: begrepen — indication of comprehension
- French: compris — indication of comprehension
- Japanese: 分かった (wakatta) — indication of comprehension
- Japanese: 了解 (ryōkai) — indication of comprehension
- Japanese: 分かりました (wakarimashita) — indication of comprehension
- Portuguese: entendido — indication of comprehension
- Portuguese: entendi — indication of comprehension
- Romani: miśto — indication of comprehension
- Russian: понял (ponjal) — indication of comprehension
- Russian: поня́тно (ponjátno) — indication of comprehension
- Spanish: entendido — indication of comprehension
- Swedish: uppfattat — indication of comprehension
- Ukrainian: зрозумі́ло (zrozumílo) — indication of comprehension
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