understands
USun-der-STANDZ/ˌʌndɚˈstændz/UKun-duh-STANDZ/ˌʌndəˈstændz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of understand.
The new manager understands how the whole system fits together.
Anyone who reads the manual understands the safety steps.
Note
The -s form carries every meaning of the base verb, from plain comprehension to a more guarded sense of believing or inferring. That guarded use is easy to miss. In "she understands the meeting is off," she holds something to be true without claiming to have mastered it. The form can also stand without an object, as in "nobody else understands," when what is understood is clear from context.
understands is a form of understand
understand, verb: To grasp the meaning, nature, or explanation of something; to comprehend it. Full entry
- Forms
- understandunderstands he/she/itunderstanding -ing formunderstood past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- understand → understands: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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