Collocations for "understand"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "understand" in context.
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understand
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- understand your [feelings, wishes, concern, reluctance]
- understand your [point, question, frustration]
- understand the [issue, problem, material]
- understand the [directions, instructions, contract, agreement]
- understand the [law, rules, regulations]
- let me see if I understand this [right, correctly]
- understand the [importance of, need for]
- understand the [idea, concept]
- understand what you're saying
- understand what's [happening, going on] in the [book, movie]
- understand how it works
- understand that you want to [go, leave, have, make, do]
- understand (that) you're upset
- will understand if you [don't, can't]
- will never understand why
- understand and [agree, appreciate, accept]
- understand [all, only] too well
- [truly, completely, certainly] understand
- [do not, don't] understand the [question, reasons]
- did not understand
- just do not understand [why, how]
- just [can't, cannot] understand (it)
- I (have) never understood [why, how]
- [couldn't, failed to, struggled to] understand
- [failed, tried] to make her understand
- [my parents, other people] (just) don't understand me
- what you have to understand is (that)
- please try to understand
- hope you understand
- is [hard, difficult, impossible, easy] to understand
- not [hard] to understand
'understand' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Japanese
- Welsh
- able
- acumen
- agree
- allure
- analysis
- appreciate
- artwork
- assignment
- assume
- attachment
- attraction
- begin
- behavior
- body
- both
- clarification
- complex
- complicated
- computer
- concept
- context
- control
- culture
- definition
- dense
- difficult
- dislike
- easier
- easy
- endeavor
- essay
- essential
- explore
- facet
- forgive
- formation
- freedom
- fully
- genius
- gist
- gotta
- hard
- hear
- hesitation
- how
- however
- humor
- hype