To understand something means to be aquainted with it, to know it very well, know how it "ticks". This is one of the basic words that has a direct "meaning" in mind. However, if we "dissect" it, is

When I explain something to my friend and I want to make sure they got what I said, what should I say? "Do you understand?" "Did you understand?" "Have you understood?" etc.

Dec 23, 2014 · According to the dictionary, comprehend simply means understand, but to me the connotations are slightly different. Comprehend seems more "comprehensive" --I would describe it …

The extra "do" is used when the speaker wishes to express that s/he really means it: I don't think you understand me. Yes I do understand! It wouldn't sound as natural for the second speaker to say Yes …

Oct 19, 2018 · As far as I understand from Grimm's treatment of German unterstellen "suppose", it started literally as to find a place to stand under (earliest evidence from C8), thus to park horses, to …

They said 'you don't understand the job in hand' but I was silently saying 'well actually I understand it perfectly, I'm just not doing it'. By the way, a person is not 'obtuse' themselves. It is their …

Jan 18, 2021 · But this requires not just that you don't understand, but that further you do not realize that you have not understood. If there is a (single) word which indicates that you don't understand …

Oct 16, 2019 · It is well known that understand is a stative verb. But it can also mean "in the process of understanding". So "I am understanding it" sound ok, which suggests that understand is dynamic as …

May 30, 2023 · 3 Someone who just doesn't understand either the situation or the possible impact of their proposal could just be oblivious: lacking active conscious knowledge or awareness If the …

Apr 30, 2020 · I want to say in a formal and more precise way (academic publication) that since something has been obfuscated, it is really hard to understand. By "hard to understand" I mean that …