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understandings


 
  Grep  of  noun  understanding 
  misunderstanding 
  mutual  understanding 
  understanding 
 
  Overview  of  noun  understanding 
 
  The  noun  understanding  has  4  senses  (first  4  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (41)  understanding,  apprehension,  discernment,  savvy  --  (the  cognitive  condition  of  someone  who  understands;  "he  has  virtually  no  understanding  of  social  cause  and  effect") 
  2.  (2)  agreement,  understanding  --  (the  statement  (oral  or  written)  of  an  exchange  of  promises;  "they  had  an  agreement  that  they  would  not  interfere  in  each  other's  business";  "there  was  an  understanding  between  management  and  the  workers") 
  3.  (1)  sympathy,  understanding  --  (an  inclination  to  support  or  be  loyal  to  or  to  agree  with  an  opinion;  "his  sympathies  were  always  with  the  underdog";  "I  knew  I  could  count  on  his  understanding") 
  4.  (1)  reason,  understanding,  intellect  --  (the  capacity  for  rational  thought  or  inference  or  discrimination;  "we  are  told  that  man  is  endowed  with  reason  and  capable  of  distinguishing  good  from  evil") 
 
  Overview  of  noun  understanding 
 
  The  noun  understanding  has  4  senses  (first  4  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (41)  understanding,  apprehension,  discernment,  savvy  --  (the  cognitive  condition  of  someone  who  understands;  "he  has  virtually  no  understanding  of  social  cause  and  effect") 
  2.  (2)  agreement,  understanding  --  (the  statement  (oral  or  written)  of  an  exchange  of  promises;  "they  had  an  agreement  that  they  would  not  interfere  in  each  other's  business";  "there  was  an  understanding  between  management  and  the  workers") 
  3.  (1)  sympathy,  understanding  --  (an  inclination  to  support  or  be  loyal  to  or  to  agree  with  an  opinion;  "his  sympathies  were  always  with  the  underdog";  "I  knew  I  could  count  on  his  understanding") 
  4.  (1)  reason,  understanding,  intellect  --  (the  capacity  for  rational  thought  or  inference  or  discrimination;  "we  are  told  that  man  is  endowed  with  reason  and  capable  of  distinguishing  good  from  evil") 



understandings definition