[ verb ]
■ get the meaning of something
e.g.)
・Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?
→
apprehend
,
compass
,
comprehend
,
dig
,
get the picture
,
grasp
,
grok
,
savvy
[ verb ]
■ know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
e.g.)
・She did not understand her husband
・I understand what she means
→
understand
[ verb ]
■ perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
e.g.)
・Now I see!
・I just can't see your point
・Does she realize how important this decision is?
・I don't understand the idea
→
realise
,
realize
,
see
,
understand
[ verb ]
■ make sense of a language
e.g.)
・She understands French
・Can you read Greek?
→
interpret
,
read
,
translate
,
understand
[ verb ]
■ be understanding of
e.g.)
・You don't need to explain--I understand!
→
empathise
,
empathize
,
sympathise
,
sympathize
,
understand
[ verb ]
■ have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
e.g.)
・I know the feeling!
・have you ever known hunger?
・I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict
・The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare
・I lived through two divorces
→
experience
,
know
,
live
[ verb ]
■ get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
e.g.)
・I learned that she has two grown-up children
・I see that you have been promoted
→
discover
,
find out
,
get a line
,
get wind
,
get word
,
hear
,
learn
,
pick up
,
see
[ verb ]
■ come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
e.g.)
・I feel that he doesn't like me
・I find him to be obnoxious
・I found the movie rather entertaining
→
feel
,
find
[ verb ]
■ make a discovery
e.g.)
・She found that he had lied to her
・The story is false, so far as I can discover
→
discover
,
find
[ verb ]
■ be fully aware or cognizant of
→
agnise
,
agnize
,
realise
,
realize
,
recognise
,
recognize
[ verb ]
■ to become aware of through the senses
e.g.)
・I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon
→
comprehend
,
perceive
[ verb ]
■ perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place
e.g.)
・I found myself in a difficult situation
・When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room
→
find
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