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understand

understand - verb

To perceive directly with the intellect: apprehend, compass, comprehend, fathom, grasp, know. Scots ken. See knowledge.
To perceive and recognize the meaning of: accept, apprehend, catch(on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, get, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take, take in. Informal savvy. Slang dig. Chiefly British twig. Scots ken. See understand.
To arrive at (a conclusion) from evidence or reasoning: conclude, deduce, deduct, draw, gather, infer, judge. See reason.