| understanding | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. apprehension, discernment, savvy, understanding | the cognitive condition of someone who understands.; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect" |
| ~ knowing | a clear and certain mental apprehension. |
| ~ comprehension | an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result).; "how you can do that is beyond my comprehension"; "he was famous for his comprehension of American literature" |
| ~ self-knowledge | an understanding of yourself and your goals and abilities. |
| ~ smattering | a slight or superficial understanding of a subject. |
| ~ appreciation, grasp, hold | understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something.; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices" |
| ~ grasping | understanding with difficulty.; "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings" |
| ~ hindsight | understanding the nature of an event after it has happened.; "hindsight is always better than foresight" |
| ~ brainstorm, brainwave, insight | the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation. |
| ~ realization, realisation, recognition | coming to understand something clearly and distinctly.; "a growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden recognition of the problem he faced"; "increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases" |
| n. (communication) | 2. agreement, understanding | the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises.; "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers" |
| ~ conspiracy, confederacy | a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ covenant | (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return. |
| ~ unilateral contract | a one-sided agreement whereby you promise to do (or refrain from doing) something in return for a performance (not a promise). |
| ~ sales agreement, sale | 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).; "the salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office" |
| ~ statement | a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc.; "according to his statement he was in London on that day" |
| ~ term, condition | (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement.; "the contract set out the conditions of the lease"; "the terms of the treaty were generous" |
| ~ bargain, deal | an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each.; "he made a bargain with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals" |
| ~ working agreement | an informal agreement to work together. |
| ~ gentlemen's agreement | a personal agreement based on honor and not legally binding. |
| ~ written agreement | a legal document summarizing the agreement between parties. |
| ~ submission | an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter. |
| ~ entente, entente cordiale | a friendly understanding between political powers. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ reservation | the written record or promise of an arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance. |
| ~ settlement | a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it. |
| ~ severance agreement | an agreement on the terms on which an employee will leave. |
| ~ suicide pact | an agreement by two or more people to commit suicide together at a given place and time.; "the two lovers killed themselves in a suicide pact" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. sympathy, understanding | an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion.; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding" |
| ~ inclination, tendency, disposition | an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others.; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" |
| n. (cognition) | 4. intellect, reason, understanding | the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination.; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil" |
| ~ faculty, mental faculty, module | one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind. |
| adj. | 5. understanding | characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy.; "an understanding friend" |
| ~ perceptive | having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment.; "a perceptive eye"; "a perceptive observation" |
| sabot | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. sabot, wooden shoe | a shoe carved from a single block of wood. |
| ~ shoe | footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. clog, geta, patten, sabot | footwear usually with wooden soles. |
| ~ footgear, footwear | covering for a person's feet. |
| deduce | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. deduce, deduct, derive, infer | reason by deduction; establish by deduction. |
| ~ logical system, system of logic, logic | a system of reasoning. |
| ~ extrapolate | gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating. |
| ~ conclude, reason, reason out | decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion.; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house" |
| ~ surmise | infer from incomplete evidence. |
| ~ elicit | derive by reason.; "elicit a solution" |
| v. (communication) | 2. deduce, infer | conclude by reasoning; in logic. |
| ~ conclude, reason, reason out | decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion.; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house" |
| know | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. know | the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people.; "he is always in the know" |
| ~ knowing | a clear and certain mental apprehension. |
| v. (cognition) | 2. cognise, cognize, know | be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about.; "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time" |
| ~ keep track | keep informed of fully aware.; "I keep track of the stock market developments" |
| ~ know | be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt.; "I know that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun" |
| ~ agnise, agnize, realize, recognize, realise, recognise | be fully aware or cognizant of. |
| v. (cognition) | 3. know | know how to do or perform something.; "She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?" |
| ~ be on the ball, be with it, know the score, know what's going on, know what's what | be well-informed. |
| ~ master, control | have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of.; "Do you control these data?" |
| ~ get the hang, master | be or become completely proficient or skilled in.; "She mastered Japanese in less than two years" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. know | be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt.; "I know that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun" |
| ~ cognise, cognize, know | be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about.; "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time" |
| ~ foreknow, foresee, previse, anticipate | realize beforehand. |
| v. (cognition) | 5. know | be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object.; "She doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We know this movie"; "I know him under a different name"; "This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily" |
| ~ know | perceive as familiar.; "I know this voice!" |
| v. (cognition) | 6. experience, know, live | have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations.; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces" |
| ~ taste | experience briefly.; "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died" |
| ~ live over, relive | experience again, often in the imagination.; "He relived the horrors of war" |
| ~ experience, go through, see | go or live through.; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam" |
| v. (cognition) | 7. acknowledge, know, recognise, recognize | accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority.; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods" |
| ~ accept | consider or hold as true.; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument" |
| v. (cognition) | 8. know | have fixed in the mind.; "I know Latin"; "This student knows her irregular verbs"; "Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?" |
| ~ have down | have (something) mastered.; "She has the names of the fifty states down pat" |
| v. (contact) | 9. bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with | have sexual intercourse with.; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" |
| ~ neck, make out | kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion.; "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car" |
| ~ have, take | have sex with; archaic use.; "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable" |
| ~ fornicate | have sex without being married. |
| ~ copulate, mate, couple, pair | engage in sexual intercourse.; "Birds mate in the Spring" |
| v. (cognition) | 10. know | know the nature or character of.; "we all knew her as a big show-off" |
| ~ agnise, agnize, realize, recognize, realise, recognise | be fully aware or cognizant of. |
| v. (cognition) | 11. know | be able to distinguish, recognize as being different.; "The child knows right from wrong" |
| ~ differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, severalise, severalize, tell apart, separate, tell | mark as different.; "We distinguish several kinds of maple" |
| v. (cognition) | 12. know | perceive as familiar.; "I know this voice!" |
| ~ know | be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object.; "She doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We know this movie"; "I know him under a different name"; "This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily" |
| ~ recall, recollect, remember, call back, call up, retrieve, think | recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection.; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" |
| negotiate | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. negociate, negotiate, talk terms | discuss the terms of an arrangement.; "They negotiated the sale of the house" |
| ~ arbitrate, intercede, intermediate, liaise, mediate | act between parties with a view to reconciling differences.; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement" |
| ~ renegociate, renegotiate | revise the terms of in order to limit or regain excess profits gained by the contractor.; "We renegociated our old mortgage now that the interest rates have come down" |
| ~ hash out, talk over, discuss | speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion.; "We discussed our household budget" |
| ~ bargain, dicker | negotiate the terms of an exchange.; "We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar" |
| ~ broker | act as a broker. |
| v. (motion) | 2. negociate, negotiate | succeed in passing through, around, or over.; "The hiker negociated the high mountain pass" |
| ~ go across, pass, go through | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
| understand | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. understand | know and comprehend the nature or meaning of.; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means" |
| ~ apprehend, comprehend, get the picture, grok, savvy, grasp, compass, dig | get the meaning of something.; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" |
| ~ sense | comprehend.; "I sensed the real meaning of his letter" |
| ~ follow | grasp the meaning.; "Can you follow her argument?"; "When he lectures, I cannot follow" |
| ~ get, catch | grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of.; "did you catch that allusion?"; "We caught something of his theory in the lecture"; "don't catch your meaning"; "did you get it?"; "She didn't get the joke"; "I just don't get him" |
| ~ touch | comprehend.; "He could not touch the meaning of the poem" |
| ~ translate, understand, interpret, read | make sense of a language.; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?" |
| ~ read | to hear and understand.; "I read you loud and clear!" |
| ~ construe, interpret, see | make sense of; assign a meaning to.; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?" |
| ~ make out | comprehend.; "I cannot make out what this politician is saying" |
| ~ figure out, puzzle out, solve, lick, work out, work | find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of.; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem" |
| ~ fathom, penetrate, bottom | come to understand. |
| v. (cognition) | 2. realise, realize, see, understand | perceive (an idea or situation) mentally.; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea" |
| ~ perceive | become conscious of.; "She finally perceived the futility of her protest" |
| ~ take account, appreciate | be fully aware of; realize fully.; "Do you appreciate the full meaning of this letter?" |
| ~ envision, fancy, picture, visualize, image, figure, visualise, see, project | imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind.; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy" |
| ~ see | see and understand, have a good eye.; "The artist must first learn to see" |
| v. (cognition) | 3. interpret, read, translate, understand | make sense of a language.; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?" |
| ~ understand | know and comprehend the nature or meaning of.; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. infer, understand | believe to be the case.; "I understand you have no previous experience?" |
| ~ believe | accept as true; take to be true.; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits" |
| v. (cognition) | 5. empathise, empathize, sympathise, sympathize, understand | be understanding of.; "You don't need to explain--I understand!" |
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