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• “She did not understand her husband“
• “I understand what she means“

• “Now I see!“
• “I just can’t see your point“
• “Does she realize how important this decision is?“
• “I don’t understand the idea“

Synonyms

• realize be fully aware or cognizant of ; perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; make real or concrete; earn on some commercial or business transaction; convert into cash; expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass
• realise earn on some commercial or business transaction; convert into cash; expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass ; make real or concrete; be fully aware or cognizant of ; perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
• see the seat within a bishop’s diocese where his cathedral is located ; perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight; perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; perceive or be contemporaneous with; imagine; deem to be; get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; see or watch; come together; find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; be careful or certain to do something; go to see for professional or business reasons; go to see for a social visit; go to see a place, as for entertainment; take charge of or deal with; receive as a specified guest; date regularly; see and understand, have a good eye; deliberate or decide; observe as if with an eye; observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; undergo or live through a difficult experience; accompany or escort; match or meet; make sense of

• “She understands French“
• “Can you read Greek?“

Synonyms

• read something that is read; interpret something that is written or printed; have or contain a certain wording or form; look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed; obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources; interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; interpret something in a certain way; be a student of a certain subject; indicate a certain reading; audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; to hear and understand; make sense of a language
• interpret make sense of; give an interpretation or explanation to ; give an interpretation or rendition of; create an image or likeness of; restate (words) from one language into another language; make sense of a language
• translate restate (words) from one language into another language; change from one form or medium into another; make sense of a language; bring to a certain spiritual state ; change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation ; be equivalent in effect; be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way; subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body ; express, as in simple and less technical language; determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA

• “I understand you have no previous experience?“

Synonyms

• infer reason by deduction; draw from specific cases for more general cases ; conclude by reasoning; guess correctly; believe to be the case

• “You don’t need to explain–I understand!“

Synonyms

• sympathize share the feelings of; be understanding of; to feel or express sympathy or compassion
• sympathise share the feelings of; to feel or express sympathy or compassion ; be understanding of
• empathize be understanding of
• empathise be understanding of