understood
un-dur-STUUD/ʌndɚˈstʊd/UKun-duh-STUUD/ʌndəˈstʊd/
- 1Past tense and past participle of understand. Use it for the past, or after has, have, had, is, was or were.
She understood the directions right away and started cooking.
By the end of class, everyone understood the new rule.
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- 2Already grasped or known by the people involved.
The safety rules were understood by everyone on the team.
Her wishes were clearly understood without a single word.
Similarcomprehended, accepted, recognized, agreed
Oppositemisunderstood
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understood is a form of understand
understand, verb: To know what something means or how it works. Full entry
- Forms
- understandunderstands he/she/itunderstanding -ing formunderstood past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- understand → understood: irregular (no -ed)
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