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Understanding is a psychological process related to an abstract or physical object, such as a person, situation, or message whereby one is able to use concepts to model that object.
Understanding is a relation between the knower and an object of understanding. Understanding implies abilities and dispositions with respect to an object of knowledge that are sufficient to support intelligent behavior.[1]
Understanding is often, though not always, related to learning concepts, and sometimes also the theory or theories associated with those concepts. However, a person may have a good ability to predict the behavior of an object, animal or system—and therefore may, in some sense, understand it—without necessarily being familiar with the concepts or theories associated with that object, animal, or system in their culture. They may have developed their own distinct concepts and theories, which may be equivalent, better or worse than the recognized standard concepts and theories of their culture. Thus, understanding is correlated with the ability to make inferences.
Definition[edit]
Understanding and knowledge are both words without unified definitions [2][3] so Ludwig Wittgenstein looked past a definition of knowledge or understanding and looked at how the words were used in natural language, identifying relevant features in context.[4] It has been suggested that knowledge alone has little value whereas knowing something in context is understanding,[5] which has much higher relative value but it has also been suggested that a state short of knowledge can be termed understanding.[6][7]
Someone’s understanding can come from perceived causes [8] or non causal sources,[9] suggesting knowledge being a pillar of where understanding comes from.[10] We can have understanding while lacking corresponding knowledge and have knowledge while lacking the corresponding understanding.[11] Even with knowledge, relevant distinctions or correct conclusion about similar cases may not be made [12][13] suggesting more information about the context would be required, which eludes to different degrees of understanding depending on the context.[10] To understand something implies abilities and dispositions with respect to an object of knowledge that are sufficient to support intelligent behavior.[14]
Understanding could therefore be less demanding than knowledge, because it seems that someone can have understanding of a subject even though they might have been mistaken about that subject. But it is more demanding in that it requires that the internal connections among ones’ beliefs actually be «seen» or «grasped» by the person doing the understanding when found at a deeper level.[10]
Explanatory realism and the propositional model suggests understanding comes from causal propositions [15] but, it has been argued that knowing how the cause might bring an effect is understanding.[16] As understanding is not directed towards a discrete proposition, but involves grasping relations of parts to other parts and perhaps the relations of part to wholes.[17] The relationships grasped helps understanding, but the relationships aren’t always causal.[18] So understanding could therefore be expressed by knowledge of dependencies.[16]
Examples[edit]
- One understands the weather if one is able to predict (e.g. if it is very cloudy, it may rain) and/or give an explanation of some of its features, etc.
- A psychiatrist understands another person’s anxieties if he/she knows that person’s anxieties, their causes, and can give useful advice on how to cope with the anxiety.
- One understands a piece of reasoning or an argument if one can consciously reproduce the information content conveyed by the message.
- One understands a language to the extent that one can reproduce the information content conveyed by a broad range of spoken utterances or written messages in that language.
Shallow and deep[edit]
Someone who has a more sophisticated understanding, more predictively accurate understanding, and/or an understanding that allows them to make explanations that others commonly judge to be better, of something, is said to understand that thing «deeply». Conversely, someone who has a more limited understanding of a thing is said to have a «shallow» understanding. However, the depth of understanding required to usefully participate in an occupation or activity may vary greatly.
For example, consider multiplication of integers. Starting from the most shallow level of understanding, we have (at least) the following possibilities:
- A small child may not understand what multiplication is, but may understand that it is a type of mathematics that they will learn when they are older at school. This is «understanding of context»; being able to put an as-yet not-understood concept into some kind of context. Even understanding that a concept is not part of one’s current knowledge is, in itself, a type of understanding (see the Dunning–Kruger effect, which is about people who do not have a good understanding of what they do not know).
- A slightly older child may understand that multiplication of two integers can be done, at least when the numbers are between 1 and 12, by looking up the two numbers in a times table. They may also be able to memorise and recall the relevant times table in order to answer a multiplication question such as «2 times 4 is what?». This is a simple form of operational understanding; understanding a question well enough to be able to do the operations necessary to be able to find an answer.
- A yet older child may understand that multiplication of larger numbers can be done using a different method, such as long multiplication, or using a calculator. This is a more advanced form of operational understanding because it supports answering a wider range of questions of the same type.
- A teenager may understand that multiplication is repeated addition, but not understand the broader implications of this. For example, when their teacher refers to multiplying 6 by 3 as «adding up 3 sixes», they may understand that the teacher is talking about two entirely equivalent things. However, they might not understand how to apply this knowledge to implement multiplication as an algorithm on a computer using only addition and looping as basic constructs. This level of understanding is «understanding a definition» (or «understanding the definition» when a concept only has one definition).
- A teenager may also understand the mathematical idea of abstracting over individual whole numbers as variables, and how to efficiently (i.e. not via trial-and-error) solve algebraic equations involving multiplication by such variables, such as
. This is «relational understanding»; understanding how multiplication relates to division. - An undergraduate studying mathematics may come to learn that «the integers equipped with multiplication» is merely one example of a range of mathematical structures called monoids, and that theorems about monoids apply equally well to multiplication and other types of monoids.
For the purpose of operating a cash register at McDonald’s, a person does not need a very deep understanding of the multiplication involved in calculating the total price of two Big Macs. However, for the purpose of contributing to number theory research, a person would need to have a relatively deep understanding of multiplication — along with other relevant arithmetical concepts such as division and prime numbers.
Assessment[edit]
It is possible for a person, or a piece of «intelligent» software, that in reality only has a shallow understanding of a topic, to appear to have a deeper understanding than they actually do, when the right questions are asked of it. The most obvious way this can happen is by memorization of correct answers to known questions, but there are other, more subtle ways that a person or computer can (intentionally or otherwise) deceive somebody about their level of understanding, too. This is particularly a risk with artificial intelligence, in which the ability of a piece of artificial intelligence software to very quickly try out millions of possibilities (attempted solutions, theories, etc.) could create a misleading impression of the real depth of its understanding. Supposed AI software could in fact come up with impressive answers to questions that were difficult for unaided humans to answer, without really understanding the concepts at all, simply by dumbly applying rules very quickly. (However, see the Chinese room argument for a controversial philosophical extension of this argument.)
Examinations are designed to assess students’ understanding (and sometimes also other things such as knowledge and writing abilities) without falling prey to these risks. They do this partly by asking multiple different questions about a topic to reduce the risk of measurement error, and partly by forbidding access to reference works and the outside world to reduce the risk of someone else’s understanding being passed off as one’s own. Because of the faster and more accurate computation and memorization abilities of computers, such tests would arguably often have to be modified if they were to be used to accurately assess the understanding of an artificial intelligence.
Conversely, it is even easier for a person or artificial intelligence to fake a shallower level of understanding than they actually have; they simply need to respond with the same kind of answers that someone with a more limited understanding, or no understanding, would respond with — such as «I don’t know», or obviously wrong answers. This is relevant for judges in Turing tests; it is unlikely to be effective to simply ask the respondents to mentally calculate the answer to a very difficult arithmetical question, because the computer is likely to simply dumb itself down and pretend not to know the answer.
As a model[edit]
Gregory Chaitin, a noted computer scientist, propounds a view that comprehension is a kind of data compression.[19] In his essay «The Limits of Reason», he argues that understanding something means being able to figure out a simple set of rules that explains it. For example, we understand why day and night exist because we have a simple model—the rotation of the earth—that explains a tremendous amount of data—changes in brightness, temperature, and atmospheric composition of the earth. We have compressed a large amount of information by using a simple model that predicts it. Similarly, we understand the number 0.33333… by thinking of it as one-third. The first way of representing the number requires five concepts («0», «decimal point», «3», «infinity», «infinity of 3»); but the second way can produce all the data of the first representation, but uses only three concepts («1», «division», «3»). Chaitin argues that comprehension is this ability to compress data. This perspective on comprehension forms the foundation of some models of intelligent agents, as in Nello Cristianini’s book «The shortcut», where it is used to explain that machines can understand the world in fundamentally non-human ways.[20]
Religious perspectives[edit]
Cognition helps us gain knowledge which can affect our level of understanding or ‘right view’ as expressed in buddhism. Understanding also is seen in the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit helping an individual with their insight into God’s providence.
See also[edit]
- Active listening
- Awareness
- Binah (Kabbalah)
- Chinese room
- Communication
- Concept
- Epistemology
- Hermeneutic circle
- Informational listening
- Ishin-denshin
- Lie-to-children
- List of language disorders
- Meaning (linguistics)
- Natural language understanding
- Mental model
- Nous
- Perception
- Thought
References[edit]
- ^ Bereiter, Carl. «Education and mind in the Knowledge Age». Archived from the original on 2006-02-25.
- ^ Zagzebski, Linda (2017), «What is Knowledge?», The Blackwell Guide to Epistemology, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, pp. 92–116, doi:10.1002/9781405164863.ch3, ISBN 978-1-4051-6486-3, S2CID 158886670, retrieved 2021-11-28
- ^ Târziu, Gabriel (2021-04-01). «How Do We Obtain Understanding with the Help of Explanations?». Axiomathes. 31 (2): 173–197. doi:10.1007/s10516-020-09488-6. ISSN 1572-8390. S2CID 218947045.
- ^ Ludwig Wittgenstein, On Certainty, remark 42
- ^ Pritchard, Duncan (2008-08-12). «Knowing the Answer, Understanding and Epistemic Value». Grazer Philosophische Studien. 77 (1): 325–339. doi:10.1163/18756735-90000852. hdl:20.500.11820/522fbeba-15b2-46d0-8019-4647e795642c. ISSN 1875-6735.
- ^ Kvanvig, Jonathan L. (2003-08-21). The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-44228-2.
- ^ Elgin, Catherine Z. (2017-09-29). True Enough. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-03653-5.
- ^ Lipton, Peter (2003-10-04). Inference to the Best Explanation. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-54827-9.
- ^ Kitcher, Philip (1985-11-01). «Two Approaches to Explanation». The Journal of Philosophy. 82 (11): 632–639. doi:10.2307/2026419. JSTOR 2026419.
- ^ a b c Grimm, Stephen R. (2014), Fairweather, Abrol (ed.), «Understanding as Knowledge of Causes», Virtue Epistemology Naturalized: Bridges Between Virtue Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, Synthese Library, Cham: Springer International Publishing, vol. 366, pp. 329–345, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-04672-3_19, ISBN 978-3-319-04672-3
- ^ Pritchard, Duncan (2009). «Knowledge, Understanding and Epistemic Value». Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements. 64: 19–43. doi:10.1017/S1358246109000046. hdl:20.500.11820/0ef91ebb-b9f0-44e9-88d6-08afe5e96cc0. ISSN 1755-3555. S2CID 170647127.
- ^ Hills, Alison (2009-10-01). «Moral Testimony and Moral Epistemology». Ethics. 120 (1): 94–127. doi:10.1086/648610. ISSN 0014-1704. S2CID 144361023.
- ^ Hills, Alison (2010-04-29). The Beloved Self: Morality and the Challenge from Egoism. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-921330-6.
- ^ Bereiter, Carl (2005-04-11). Education and Mind in the Knowledge Age. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-64479-6.
- ^ Kim, Jaegwon (1994). «Explanatory Knowledge and Metaphysical Dependence». Philosophical Issues. 5: 51–69. doi:10.2307/1522873. ISSN 1533-6077. JSTOR 1522873.
- ^ a b Grimm, Stephen R. (2014), Fairweather, Abrol (ed.), «Understanding as Knowledge of Causes», Virtue Epistemology Naturalized: Bridges Between Virtue Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, Synthese Library, Cham: Springer International Publishing, vol. 366, pp. 329–345, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-04672-3_19, ISBN 978-3-319-04672-3
- ^ Zagzebski, Linda (2008-07-08). On Epistemology. Cengage Learning. ISBN 978-0-534-25234-2.
- ^ Ruben, David-Hillel; Ruben, Director of New York University in London and Professor of Philosophy at the School of Oriental and African Studies David-Hillel (2003). Action and Its Explanation. Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-823588-0.
- ^ Chaitin, Gregory (2006), «The Limits Of Reason» (PDF), Scientific American, 294 (3): 74–81, Bibcode:2006SciAm.294c..74C, doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0306-74, PMID 16502614, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04
- ^ Cristianini, Nello (2023). The shortcut: why intelligent machines do not think like us. Boca Raton. ISBN 978-1-003-33581-8. OCLC 1352480147.
External links[edit]
- Understanding at PhilPapers
- «Understanding in Epistemology». Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Nay, for the cause of understanding also, they say the thing understood sendeth forth an intelligible species, that is, an intelligible being seen, which, coming into the understanding, makes us understand. ❋ Unknown (1909)
High marks for the title understanding also for you! ❋ Unknown (2008)
If my understanding is accurate, I do not understand how ❋ Unknown (2010)
In their model, they’ve made an assumption of what deficits do to the interest rate, and my understanding is they’re assuming a relatively significant impact. ❋ Ezra Klein (2010)
Implicit in this understanding is an acknowledgment that to the victors go the spoils, and that narrow interests of the strong almost always trump justice for the weak – that is, unless the “strong” actor is defeated by someone even stronger. ❋ Unknown (2010)
This understanding is the basis of the peace process. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Here’s where my understanding is at right now, please agree, disagree, pick it apart, etc. ❋ Unknown (2010)
In terms of Reindeer vs. Caribou, my understanding is as follows: ❋ Unknown (2008)
But my understanding is they will not finalize committee assignments until they know exactly how big their majority is — which means waiting for the Georgia run off and the Minnesota recount. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Your understanding is an interesting subject isn ` t it, why are you determined to misdread this article. ❋ Newmania (2007)
Why have you never come and asked me for what you call understanding? ❋ Unknown (2008)
And my understanding is the same applies to the vice president. ❋ Unknown (2005)
Just as there is a certain natural habit of the soul whereby it knows the principles of speculative science, which we call the understanding of the principles, so too in the soul is there a certain natural habit of the first principles of actions, which are the natural principles of natural law; and this habit pertains to synderesis and exists in no other power than reason. ❋ Celano, Anthony (2006)
But this contribution, that to our understanding is a recovery of the natural and cultural heritage, must take place based on a rational and consensual basis in respect of the right to make use of knowledge and natural resources, with guarantees for equality between Government and society. ❋ Unknown (1999)
This word in all other places of the New Testament doth constantly denote the essential faculty of our souls, which we call understanding, Matt. xxii. ❋ 1616-1683 (1967)
Our way is to teach our soul how the Intellectual-Principle exercises self-vision; the phase thus to be taught is that which already touches the intellective order, that which we call the understanding or intelligent soul, indicating by the very name that it is already of itself in some degree an Intellectual-Principle or that it holds its peculiar power through and from that Principle. ❋ Plotinus (1952)
In Paul the understanding is the seat of conscience; the heart is the seat of love [Bengel]. ❋ Unknown (1871)
[Jenna] told [me I] need to have more understanding about her menstual [cycle]. ❋ GothYena (2004)
[Be kind] and care for those who have [had it] hard,
Try understanding, walk a mile in their shoes.
Love the ones close to you as if it might be the last day you ever see them.
You can do all things [thru] Christ our load who strenghtens us. ❋ Black Brat (2010)
If both of you come to an understanding, both shall be at peace. Fighting, revenge, [bickering], [provoking] violence and anger will not work. Adding fuel to fire isn’t [favorable].
Do not let yourself be trapped in misunderstandings and hate. ❋ YouAreAtWarWithYourMind (2013)
(customer) «I want to return this [expired] chicken! It was expired two days ago!!!! »
([cashier]) » You bought this four weeks ago…»
(customer) » But it is expired!!! I need to return it»
(cashier) «[understandable]….»
**customer smiles and walks away, with expired chicken
** ❋ MartNad (2010)
Person 1: I really [care about] [you and i] don’t wanna see you [get hurt] 😢
Person 2: Understandable ❋ 50zMon007 (2020)
Understanding is a clear mental [comprehension]. It is the original child, which is the star. The highest form of understanding [is love], [the bond] between man and woman, or Knowledge and Wisdom. ❋ LiquidSwords (2005)
Yes I heard what you said [I apologize] [Harry’s] mother I didn’t mean to offend anyone and I hope we can make an [understandment] ❋ Memes Are Stupid (2018)
The [task] has a [high] understandability [rating] ❋ Dave Moorcroft (2003)
Figgy- woah what happened?
Emily- i [fell]!
Figgy- how?
Emily- it was [icy]!
Figgy- [ohh] okay understandable ❋ Emilymarieee (2010)
[The student] told [the teacher] she was not being understandful in the [difficult] situation. ❋ Queen2432 (2020)
Other forms: understandings
To be understanding is to be sympathetic to someone’s woes. Understanding a concept means you get it. Your understanding might be that your mother will always drive you to school if you miss the bus.
The sum of your knowledge of a certain topic, is your understanding of it. This can change, or deepen as you learn more. But being an understanding person doesn’t take a lot of studying — it takes opening your heart to appreciate what someone else feels or experiences. If someone says to you, «I thought we had an understanding,» you must have done something unexpected. Here, understanding means «an agreement.»
Definitions of understanding
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noun
the cognitive condition of someone who understands
“he has virtually no
understanding of social cause and effect”-
synonyms:
apprehension, discernment, savvy
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noun
the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
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noun
an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
“I knew I could count on his
understanding”-
synonyms:
sympathy
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noun
the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
“there was an
understanding between management and the workers”-
synonyms:
agreement
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confederacy, conspiracy
a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
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fair-trade agreement
an agreement (illegal in the United States) between the manufacturer of a trademarked item of merchandise and its retail distributors to sell the item at a price at or above the price set by the manufacturer
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covenant
(Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return
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unilateral contract
a one-sided agreement whereby you promise to do (or refrain from doing) something in return for a performance (not a promise)
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sale, sales agreement
an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer)
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bargain, deal
an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each
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working agreement
an informal agreement to work together
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gentlemen’s agreement
a personal agreement based on honor and not legally binding
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written agreement
a legal document summarizing the agreement between parties
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submission
an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter
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entente, entente cordiale
a friendly understanding between political powers
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oral contract
an agreement that is not in writing and is not signed by the parties but is a real existing contract that lacks only the formal requirement of a memorandum to render it enforceable in litigation
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reservation
the written record or promise of an arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance
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settlement
a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
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severance agreement
an agreement on the terms on which an employee will leave
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suicide pact
an agreement by two or more people to commit suicide together at a given place and time
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contract
a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
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conspiracy of silence
a conspiracy not to talk about some situation or event
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conditional sale
a sale in which the buyer receives title to the property only upon the performance of some condition (usually the full payment of the purchase price)
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execution sale, forced sale, judicial sale, sheriff’s sale
a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court’s writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation
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submission
a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter
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compact, concordat, covenant
a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
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indenture
formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt
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obligation
a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply
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accord, pact, treaty
a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
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accommodation
a settlement of differences
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conclusion
a final settlement
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out-of-court settlement
resolution of a dispute prior to the rendering of a final decision by the trial court
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property settlement
(matrimonial law) the division of property owned or acquired by marriage partners during their marriage
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accord and satisfaction
the settlement of a debt by paying less than the amount demanded in exchange for extinguishing the debt
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golden handshake
a lucrative severance agreement offered to an employee (usually as an incentive to retire)
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escrow
a written agreement (or property or money) delivered to a third party or put in trust by one party to a contract to be returned after fulfillment of some condition
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type of:
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statement
a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
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adjective
characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy
“an
understanding friend”-
Synonyms:
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perceptive
having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment
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perceptive
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understanding noun (KNOWLEDGE)
knowledge about a subject, situation, etc. or about how something works: She doesn’t have any understanding of politics/human nature/what it takes to be a good manager. My understanding of the agreement (= what I think it means) is that they will pay $50,000 over two years.
What is the true meaning of understanding?
(Entry 1 of 2) 1 : a mental grasp : comprehension. 2a : the power of comprehending especially : the capacity to apprehend general relations of particulars. b : the power to make experience intelligible by applying concepts and categories.
What is an example of understanding?
The definition of understanding is showing comprehension of a subject, or compassion or sympathy for another person. An example of understanding is a person who is very smart in math. An example of understanding is a teacher who shows sympathy for her students’ difficulties.
What is a good sentence for understanding?
You just have to be understanding . His family has been very understanding . All he wanted was to be alone so he could call his wife back and beg for her understanding . When you die and go to heaven, you have universal knowledge and understanding .
Which is the understanding of something?
If you have an understanding of something, you know how it works or know what it means. If you are understanding towards someone, you are kind and forgiving.
43 related questions found
What kind of word is understanding?
understanding used as a noun:
Mental, sometimes emotional process of comprehension, assimilation of knowledge, which is subjective by its nature. Reason or intelligence, ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer. Opinion, judgement or outlook.
What do you call someone that is understanding?
Empathetic Someone who has the ability to understand and share someone’s feelings and emotions.
Do you understand is correct sentence?
“Are you understand” is incorrect. “Do you understand?” is the correct sentence.
Is it an understanding or a understanding?
Either «understanding» or «an understanding» are acceptable in that sentence. They’re not completely interchangeable, though: if you add the «an», it will change the meaning slightly. «Understanding» on its own is more general.
What is an understanding person?
An understanding person who has the ability to know how other people are feeling, and can forgive them if they do something wrong: He had expected her to be horrified, but she was actually very understanding. More examples.
How do you show your understanding?
5 Tips To Be More Understanding
- Assume the least about the other person, reserving your judgment as much as possible, while showing genuine empathy. …
- Try to listen to understand, rather than listening to reply.
- Give your own self the most understanding.
What is the difference between understanding and knowing?
“Knowing” and “understanding” are related concepts, but they’re not the same. Each is a distinct mental state involving cognitive grasp: Knowing is static, referring to discrete facts, while understanding is active, describing the ability to analyze and place those facts in context to form a big picture.
What is understanding in relationship?
In understanding relationships, you can empathize with the other person, make space for them to think and feel the way that they do, and respect that what they’re experiencing is about them and not about you.
What does the Bible say about getting an understanding?
“Lean Not unto Thine Own Understanding” “And with all thy getting get understanding,” or, said another way, “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding” (Proverbs 3:5).
What are the characteristics of understanding?
Understanding implies abilities and dispositions with respect to an object of knowledge that are sufficient to support intelligent behavior. Understanding is often, though not always, related to learning concepts, and sometimes also the theory or theories associated with those concepts.
What understanding means to you?
But being an understanding person doesn’t take a lot of studying — it takes opening your heart to appreciate what someone else feels or experiences. If someone says to you, «I thought we had an understanding,» you must have done something unexpected. Here, understanding means «an agreement.»
What is deeper than our knowledge?
There are many people who know you, but there are very few who understand you.
How can I be more understanding?
7 Ways to Be More Understanding in Life
- Don’t always assume things. One of the worst mistakes you can make is to just assume things, even without concrete evidence. …
- Be a good listener. …
- Understand yourself better. …
- Remember it’s not a weakness. …
- You get back what you ask for. …
- Be present in listening. …
- Ask good questions.
Do you understand me English meaning?
do you understand? UNDERSTAND. spoken used when you are telling someone what they should or should not do, especially when you are angry with them Never speak to me like that again!
Are you understanding me is it correct?
«Do you understand me?» is correct. «Are you understand me?» is incorrect. You could say «Are you understanding me?» in certain situations.
How do you say do you understand politely?
What are some alternative ways of saying “Do you understand me?”
- Am I getting my point across?
- Are you following me?
- Are you with me on this?
- Did I explain that well?
- Dig? = Understand?
- Does that make any sense?
- Does that sound okay to you?
- Don’t you see?
What is the word for deep understanding?
adj. 1 abyssal, bottomless, broad, far, profound, unfathomable, wide, yawning. 2 abstract, abstruse, arcane, esoteric, hidden, mysterious, obscure, recondite, secret. 3 acute, discerning, learned, penetrating, sagacious, wise. 4 artful, astute, canny, cunning, designing, devious, insidious, knowing, scheming, shrewd.
Can you fully understand someone?
It doesn’t matter how long or how intimately you know someone. It could be your best friend, colleagues, siblings, parents, a trustworthy confidante, a lover or your beloved spouse. You can never TRULY know them, not entirely.
What is it called when someone forgives easily?
magnanimous. adjective. formal willing to forgive people, or willing to be kind and fair.
understanding — перевод на русский
/ˌʌndəˈstændɪŋ/
I don’t understand how they could pull it off.
Я не понимаю как они могли это сделать.
I have all these marks on my body, and my shirt is broken, and I don’t remember. I don’t understand.
Я не понимаю.
I understand that every citizen is worried.
Я понимаю опасения жителей.
Because I don’t understand these things, in the future, if the official positions in the United States government have a standing, call me again to let me know.
Я многого не понимаю. В будущем звоните мне только по поводу официальных дел США.
And I understand if this means you don’t want to work with me… Look, let me finish.
— И я понимаю, если это значит, что вы не хотите работать со мной.
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I don’t understand why I’m even staying.
Я не могу понять, почему до сих пор остаюсь.
I understand the precautions very well.
Могу понять ваше беспокойство.
In any relationship, there are no instances where one understands the other’s world completely.
что не можешь понять происходящего в мире другого.
I was able to understand my mother’s pain more clearly.
смог понять всю боль моей мамы.
Lest shipment of gold stolen bannot understand how bandits get their information.
Не можем понять, откуда бандиты берут информацию. Немедленно высылайте детектива.
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What I don’t understand is why one adopts a son from another family in Japan?
Мне не понятно, зачем понадобилось принимать сына из другой семьи?
Yes. And that’s why I understand his conflict.
Да, и поэтому мне понятно его смятение.
No one is to enter the palace under any circumstances, understand?
Вечером никто не должен входить во дворец. Понятно? Да, сэр!
— That’s not hard to understand.
— Оно и понятно.
Mr. Greenberg, I hired you as an actor, not as a writer. Understand?
Пан Гринберг, вы актёр, а не драматург, понятно?
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This show is off, understand?
Шоу закрывается, ясно?
Now I understand everything. -What? How it could happen.
Мне ясно, как это могло случиться.
-Of course! Or don’t you understand it yet?
Или тебе ещё не всё с этим ясно?
Now I understand a lot of things!
Теперь мне многое стало ясно.
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Listen, Carrot-top, the most important thing in a relationship is understanding, harmony.
Слушай, Рыжик, самое важное в отношениях это понимание, гармония.
Surely the qualities of mercy, understanding and sweet forgiveness…
Такие качества как милосердие,.. -…понимание и кроткое всепрощение.
It’s understanding.
Это понимание.
Love and understanding won’t make a good detective out of a recalcitrant poet.
Любовь и понимание не сделают поэта хорошим детективом.
That lack of pretense, that strange directness and understanding.
Я давно не встречала таких людей. Никаких претензий. Удивительная прямота и понимание.
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I don’t understand.
Не знаю…
— I understand it.
— Знаю.
I can’t understand.
Сам не знаю.
Madame, I understand this was the rendezvous of the Musketeers.
Мадам, я знаю, что сюда приезжали мушкетеры.
I don’t understand these things.
Я и сама не знаю.
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Do you understand, Irma ?
Ты слышишь, Ирма?
Never, you understand?
Никогда — ты слышишь?
He’s no longer worth a damn, you understand?
Он ничтожество, ты слышишь?
Do you understand, Bel Ami?
Ты слышишь, Милый друг?
Egle, did you understand?
Эгле! Ты слышишь?
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We should go en masse and demand to speak to whoever’s in charge and make them understand they can’t just keep us here.
Мы должны подойти все вместе и потребовать того, кто здесь главный, чтобы объяснить, что они не могут нас здесь держать.
Bielecki couldn’t understand Nina’s absence and he started to feel overwhelming anxiety.
Белецкий не мог себе объяснить отсутствие Нины, и им овладело скрытое беспокойство.
It’s so hard to make you understand.
Мне трудно это все объяснить.
But I tell you I understand.
Я могу все объяснить.
How can I make you understand?
Как мне объяснить вам?
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— Ah, Temple, you’re so understanding.
— О, Темпл. Какой ты понимающий.
And no one with any true understanding would blame you for it.
И не один понимающий человек не посмеет вас за это винить.
You’ve been so understanding.
Вы такой понимающий
I know that you’re gentle and understanding, but…
Я знаю, что ты чуткая и понимающая, но…
Even if the lady is understanding, it’s cheap.
Даже если невеста понимающая, это несерьезно.
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Why a daughter of mine should fool around with a hotel clerk… when she has the opportunity of marrying one of the Boston Yates… is more than I can understand,
И почему моя дочь путается с гостиничным клерком… когда она может выйти замуж за одного из бостонских Йетсов? — Мне это совершенно непонятно.
Don’t you understand?
— Неужели непонятно?
Try to understand.
Неужели непонятно?
Didn’t you understand me?
Неужели непонятно?
Something’s happened I don’t understand.
Случилось нечто непонятное.
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