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I. noun
Date: before 12th century
1. a mental grasp ; comprehension
2.
a. the power of comprehending; especially the capacity to apprehend general relations of particulars
b. the power to make experience intelligible by applying concepts and categories
3.
a. friendly or harmonious relationship
b. an agreement of opinion or feeling ; adjustment of differences
c. a mutual agreement not formally entered into but in some degree binding on each side
4. explanation, interpretation
5. sympathy 3a
II. adjective
Date: 13th century
1. archaic knowing, intelligent
2. endowed with understanding ; tolerant, sympathetic <an understanding supervisor> • understandingly adverb
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Understanding — Un der*stand ing ([u^]n d[ e]r*st[a^]nd [i^]ng), a. Knowing; intelligent; skillful; as, he is an understanding man. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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understanding — I adj. understanding about, of II n. agreement 1) to arrive at, come to, reach an understanding 2) a clear; secret; tacit; verbal; written understanding 3) an understanding about; with (we reached a tacit understanding with them about the matter) … Combinatory dictionary
