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`understand` in Latin

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understand

  1. verb
    • grasp the meaning of something
      intellegere
      I understand what you mean. — Intellego quid dicas.
      comprehendere
      Do you understand the concept? — Comprehendisne notionem?
      cognoscere
      He understands the situation well. — Rem bene cognoscit.
    • [idiomatic], assume or infer something
      accipere [idiomatic]
      I understood that he would come. — Accepi eum venturum esse.
      interpretari [idiomatic]
      I understood his silence as agreement. — Silentium eius assensionem interpretatus sum.