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Noun understanding has 4 senses
- understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy - the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"
--1 is a kind of knowing
--1 has particulars:
- 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"
--2 is a kind of statement
--2 has parts: condition, term
--2 has particulars:
- 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"
--3 is a kind of inclination, disposition, tendency
- 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"
--4 is a kind of faculty, mental faculty, module
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