understood

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʌndəˈstʊd/
• (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /ʌndəˈstɵd/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /ʊndəˈstʊd/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ʌndɚˈstʊd/

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• (Australia, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ɐndəˈstʊd/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ʌndəɾˈstʉd/
• (Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /ʌndəɻˈstʉd/
• Rhymes: -ʊd

Adjective

understood (comparative more understood, superlative most understood)

1. Having been comprehended.

Derived terms

• nonunderstood
• understoodness
• ununderstood

Translations

comprehended

• Arabic: مَفْهُوم (ar) (mafhūm)
• Dutch: verstaan (nl), begrepen (nl)
• French: compris (fr) m
• German: verstanden (de), begriffen (de), zur Kenntnis genommen
• Hebrew: מוּבָן m (muván)
• Japanese: 分かった (わかった, wakatta), 了解 (ja) (りょうかい, ryoukai), 理解された (rikai-sare-ta)
• Māori: aroā, arowā, whekori, whēiro, whēiroiro, pūrangiaho
• Romanian: înțeles (ro)
• Spanish: entendido (es)
• Swedish: förstått (sv)

Verb

understood

1. simple past and past participle of understand

   Three crewmembers are understood to have been injured in the explosion.

Interjection

understood

2. Indicates comprehension on the part of the speaker.

Translations

indication of comprehension

• Dutch: begrepen (nl)
• French: compris (fr)
• Japanese: 分かった (わかった, wakatta), 了解 (ja) (ryōkai), 分かりました (wakarimashita)
• Portuguese: entendido (pt), entendi (pt)
• Romani: miśto
• Russian: понял (ru) (ponjal), поня́тно (ru) (ponjátno)
• Spanish: entendido (es)
• Swedish: uppfattat (sv) n
• Ukrainian: зрозумі́ло (zrozumílo)