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un·der·stood

(ŭn′dər-sto͝od′)

Past tense and past participle of understand.

adj.

1. Agreed on; assumed: the understood conditions of troop withdrawal.

2. Not expressed in writing; implied: the understood provisos of a custody agreement.

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understood

(ˌʌndəˈstʊd)

the past tense and past participle of understand

adj

1. implied or inferred

2. taken for granted; assumed

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un•der•stood

(ˌʌn dərˈstʊd)

v.

1. pt. and pp. of understand.

adj.

2. agreed upon by all parties.

3. implied but not stated: The understood meaning of a danger sign is “Keep away.”

understood

transpicuous - Describing something easily seen through or understood.
passive vocabulary - Contains lexemes we know and understand but do no actively use (in writing or speech).
scrutable - Describing that which can be understood through scrutiny.
esoteric - Its root sense is "for the initiates of a religious mystery," and it means "confined to or understood by just a few people."

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Adj.	1.	understood - fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation; "the understood conditions of troop withdrawal were clear" ununderstood - not understood; "should not tamely submit to the unpredictable and ununderstood cycles of wars"- Psychiatry
	2.	understood - implied by or inferred from actions or statements; "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood provisos of a custody agreement" tacit, silent implicit, inexplicit - implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something; "an implicit agreement not to raise the subject"; "there was implicit criticism in his voice"; "anger was implicit in the argument"; "the oak is implicit in the acorn"

understood

adjective

1. assumed, presumed, accepted, taken for granted The management is understood to be very unwilling to agree.

2. implied, implicit, unspoken, inferred, tacit, unstated The technical equality of all officers was understood.

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understood

adjective

Conveyed indirectly without words or speech:

implicit, implied, inferred, tacit, unsaid, unspoken, unuttered, wordless.

Idiom: taken for granted.

Translations

verstehen

compris comprise comprises

understood

pret, ptp of understand

adj

(= clear) → klar; to make oneself understood → sich verständlich machen; do I make myself understood? → ist das klar?; I wish it to be understood that … → ich möchte klarstellen, dass …; (is that) understood? → (ist das) klar?; understood! → gut!

(= agreed) it was understood between them that … → sie hatten eine Vereinbarung, dass …; I thought that was understood! → ich dachte, das sei klar; certain things always have to be understood in a relationship → einige Dinge sollten in einer Beziehung immer stillschweigend vorausgesetzt werden or immer von vornherein klar sein

(= believed) → angenommen, geglaubt; he is understood to have left → es heißt, dass er gegangen ist; it is understood that … → es heißt or man hört, dass …; he let it be understood that … → er gab zu verstehen, dass …

pred (Gram) → ausgelassen

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understood

[ˌʌndəˈstʊd]

1. pt & pp of understand

2. adj → inteso/a; (implied) → sottinteso/a

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understand

(andəˈstӕnd) verb – past tense, past participle ˌunderˈstood (-ˈstud) –

1. to see or know the meaning of (something). I can't understand his absence; Speak slowly to foreigners so that they'll understand you.

2. to know (eg a person) thoroughly. She understands children/dogs.

3. to learn or realize (something), eg from information received. At first I didn't understand how ill she was; I understood that you were planning to leave today.

ˌunderˈstandable adjective

that can be understood. His anger is quite understandable.

ˌunderˈstanding adjective

(of a person) good at knowing how other people feel; sympathetic. an understanding person; Try to be more understanding!

noun

1. the power of thinking clearly. a man of great understanding.

2. the ability to sympathize with another person's feelings. His kindness and understanding were a great comfort to her.

3. a (state of) informal agreement. The two men have come to / reached an understanding after their disagreement.

make (oneself) understood

to make one's meaning or intentions clear. He tried speaking German to them, but couldn't make himself understood.

understood

a. pp. de to understand convenido-a, entendido-a, comprendido-a.

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"I soon perceived that although the stranger uttered articulate sounds and appeared to have a language of her own, she was neither understood by nor herself understood the cottagers.

"My days were spent in close attention, that I might more speedily master the language; and I may boast that I improved more rapidly than the Arabian, who understood very little and conversed in broken accents, whilst I comprehended and could imitate almost every word that was spoken.

I should not have understood the purport of this book had not Felix, in reading it, given very minute explanations.

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Though no words had passed between Anatole and Mademoiselle Bourienne, they quite understood one another as to the first part of their romance, up to the appearance of the pauvre mere; they understood that they had much to say to one another in private and so they had been seeking an opportunity since morning to meet one another alone.

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The Chief told the man that his joke had not been understood by the dull Hoppers, who had become so angry that they had declared war.

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They had not understood. Perhaps, even, they would not believe in the absolute sincerity of his motives.

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