UNDERSTANDING meaning: Grasping meaning, context, and implications

We found 40 dictionaries that define the word understanding:

General (30 matching dictionaries)

understanding: Merriam-Webster.com
understanding, understanding: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
understanding: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
understanding: Collins English Dictionary
understanding: Vocabulary.com
Understanding, understanding: Wordnik
understanding: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
understanding: Wiktionary
understanding: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
understanding: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
understanding: Infoplease Dictionary
understanding: Dictionary.com
understanding: Online Etymology Dictionary
understanding: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
The Understanding (Memphis Bleek album), Understanding (Bobby Womack album), Understanding (John Patton album), Understanding (TV series), Understanding (Xscape album), Understanding (disambiguation), Understanding (song), Understanding: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Understanding: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
understanding: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
understanding: Rhymezone
Understanding: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
understanding: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
understanding: Free Dictionary
understanding: Mnemonic Dictionary
understanding: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
Understanding: The Word Detective
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Art (1 matching dictionary)

Literary Criticism (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)

understanding: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

understanding: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

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Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)

A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)
understanding: Glosario de términos filosóficos (en inglés)
understanding: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)

FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

understanding: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Understanding: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  (gerund, uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; comprehension; knowledge; discernment.
▸ noun:  (countable) Reason or intelligence; ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge; ability to infer.
▸ noun:  (countable) Opinion, judgement, or outlook.
▸ noun:  (countable) An agreement of minds; harmony; something mutually understood or agreed upon.
▸ noun:  An informal contract; a mutual agreement.
▸ noun:  A reconciliation of differences.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) Sympathy.
▸ adjective:  Showing compassion, tolerance, and forbearance.
▸ adjective:  (dated) Knowing; skilful.

Opposite:

confusion, ignorance, misunderstanding, unawareness, incomprehension

Phrases:

mutual understanding, self understanding, memorandum of understanding, on the understanding that, come to an understanding, more...

Adjectives:

better, clearer, mutual, deeper, greater, human, fuller, thorough, complete, common, proper

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