understanding

Understanding is a psychological process related to an abstract or physical object, such as, person, situation, or message whereby one is able to think about it and use concepts to deal adequately with that object. An understanding is the limit of a conceptualization. To understand something is to have conceptualized it to a given measure. Understanding is the association of the relationships between implications(conceptualized), and another's.
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(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Understand
  

(n.)
The power to understand; the intellectual faculty; the intelligence; the rational powers collectively conceived an designated; the higher capacities of the intellect; the power to distinguish truth from falsehood, and to adapt means to ends.
  

(n.)
The act of one who understands a thing, in any sense of the verb; knowledge; discernment; comprehension; interpretation; explanation.
  

(n.)
Specifically, the discursive faculty; the faculty of knowing by the medium or use of general conceptions or relations. In this sense it is contrasted with, and distinguished from, the reason.
  

(n.)
An agreement of opinion or feeling; adjustment of differences; harmony; anything mutually understood or agreed upon; as, to come to an understanding with another.
  

(a.)
Knowing; intelligent; skillful; as, he is an understanding man.
  

building; understanding
  

son; building; understanding
  

understanding, or son of a fox
  

Noun
1. the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"
(synonym) apprehension, discernment, savvy
(hypernym) knowing
(hyponym) comprehension
(derivation) understand, realize, realise, see
2. 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"
(synonym) agreement
(hypernym) statement
(hyponym) conspiracy, confederacy
(part-meronym) condition, term
3. 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"
(synonym) sympathy
(hypernym) inclination, disposition, tendency
(derivation) sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise, understand
4. 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"
(synonym) reason, intellect
(hypernym) faculty, mental faculty, module
Adjective
1. characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy; "an understanding friend"
(similar) perceptive

Verb
1. know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"
(hyponym) get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend
(derivation) understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
2. perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea"
(synonym) realize, realise, see
(hyponym) perceive
(verb-group) visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image
(derivation) understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
3. make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"
(synonym) read, interpret, translate
4. believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?"
(synonym) infer
(hypernym) believe
5. be understanding of; "You don't need to explain--I understand!"
(synonym) sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise
(derivation) sympathy, understanding