Meaning & Definition of Understand in English

The English articles are bread-and-butter important. For instance, if I ask my English friend to hold my bag for a while, and then ask to give it back by saying "Give me bag", he'll probably steal the bag of the man standing around because he didn't understand which bag was meant.

A clever husband reads his wife's thoughts, but doesn't try to understand them.

Do you understand what that means?

I don't understand why people idolize criminals.

Impossible things happen that we can't understand. They're completely unimaginable.

Try to understand why that's what the man did.

The students didn't understand the teacher's explanation.

"Sometimes I can't understand what comes over you. I'd like to know that." "I'd like to know that too..."

Sometimes I can't understand what comes over you. I'd like to know that.

The more you know, the more you understand that you know nothing.

Does Tom understand French?

She couldn't understand what had happened there.

There is still a great deal about the human brain that we don't understand.

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If Tom had been speaking French, I would have been able to understand him.

I couldn't understand anything Tom said.

I hope you understand me.