OVERSTAND | • overstand v. (Rare) to stand or insist too much or too long; overstay. • overstand v. (Transitive) to stand too strictly on the demands or conditions of. • overstand v. (Yachting, boat racing): to sail to the mark at a wider angle than is the normal upwind angle, to go… |
OVERSTANDS | • overstands v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overstand. • overstands n. Plural of overstand. • OVERSTAND v. (archaic) to endure to the end, to outstay. |
UNDERSTAND | • understand v. (Transitive) To grasp a concept fully in one’s mind, especially (Of words, statements, art, etc.) to… • understand v. To believe, to think one grasps sufficiently despite potentially incomplete knowledge. • understand v. (Humorous, rare, obsolete outside circus, acrobatics) To stand underneath, to support. |
UNDERSTANDS | • understands v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of understand. • UNDERSTAND v. to grasp the meaning of. |
OVERSTANDING | • overstanding v. Present participle of overstand. • OVERSTAND v. (archaic) to endure to the end, to outstay. |
UNDERSTANDED | • understanded v. (Obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of understand. • UNDERSTAND v. to grasp the meaning of. |
UNDERSTANDER | • understander n. One who understands something. • understander n. (Circus, acrobatics) One who physically supports a formation of acrobats, as a human pyramid. • under-stander n. (Circus) One who is at the base of a formation of acrobats in a performance, as of a human pyramid. |
MISUNDERSTAND | • misunderstand v. (Transitive) To understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly. • MISUNDERSTAND v. to fail to understand. |
UNDERSTANDERS | • understanders n. Plural of understander. • under-standers n. Plural of under-stander. • UNDERSTANDER n. one who understands. |
UNDERSTANDING | • understanding n. (Gerund, uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; comprehension; knowledge; discernment. • understanding n. (Countable) Reason or intelligence, ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer. • understanding n. (Countable) Opinion, judgement or outlook. |
MISUNDERSTANDS | • misunderstands v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misunderstand. • MISUNDERSTAND v. to fail to understand. |
UNDERSTANDABLE | • understandable adj. Capable of being understood; comprehensible. • understandable adj. Capable of being accepted or excused under the circumstances. • UNDERSTANDABLE adj. capable of being understood. |
UNDERSTANDABLY | • understandably adv. For reasons that are easy to understand or sympathise with. • understandably adv. In an understandable manner. • UNDERSTANDABLE adv. capable of being understood. |
UNDERSTANDINGS | • understandings n. Plural of understanding. • UNDERSTANDING n. a mental grasp. |
UNDERSTANDINGLY | • understandingly adv. In an understanding manner; with empathy. • understandingly adv. (Obsolete) In a way that can be understood; intelligibly. • UNDERSTANDINGLY adv. UNDERSTANDING. |