| insight | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. insight, penetration | clear or deep perception of a situation. |
| ~ perception | knowledge gained by perceiving.; "a man admired for the depth of his perception" |
| n. (feeling) | 2. insight, perceptiveness, perceptivity | a feeling of understanding. |
| ~ sensibility | refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions.; "cruelty offended his sensibility" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. brainstorm, brainwave, insight | the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation. |
| ~ discernment, savvy, understanding, apprehension | the cognitive condition of someone who understands.; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect" |
| ~ light | mental understanding as an enlightening experience.; "he finally saw the light"; "can you shed light on this problem?" |
| ~ revelation | an enlightening or astonishing disclosure. |
| ~ breakthrough, find, discovery | a productive insight. |
| ~ flash | a sudden brilliant understanding.; "he had a flash of intuition" |
| n. (cognition) | 4. insight, sixth sense | grasping the inner nature of things intuitively. |
| ~ intuition | instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes). |
| logic | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. logic | the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference. |
| ~ consistency | (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another. |
| ~ completeness | (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that a contradiction arises if any proposition is introduced that cannot be derived from the axioms of the system. |
| ~ corollary | (logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition. |
| ~ non sequitur | (logic) a conclusion that does not follow from the premises. |
| ~ arity | the number of arguments that a function can take. |
| ~ philosophy | the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics. |
| ~ modal logic | the logical study of necessity and possibility. |
| ~ logical quantifier, quantifier | (logic) a word (such as `some' or `all' or `no') that binds the variables in a logical proposition. |
| ~ subject | (logic) the first term of a proposition. |
| ~ predicate | (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula.; "`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates" |
| ~ proof | a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it. |
| ~ paradox | (logic) a statement that contradicts itself.; "`I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false" |
| ~ postulation, predication | (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument. |
| ~ explanandum, explicandum | (logic) a statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained. |
| ~ explanans | (logic) statements that explain the explicandum; the explanatory premises. |
| ~ proposition | (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false. |
| ~ particular proposition, particular | (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class. |
| ~ universal proposition, universal | (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class. |
| ~ negation | (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false. |
| ~ posit, postulate | (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning. |
| ~ axiom | (logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident. |
| ~ tautology | (logic) a statement that is necessarily true.; "the statement `he is brave or he is not brave' is a tautology" |
| ~ contradiction in terms, contradiction | (logic) a statement that is necessarily false.; "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction" |
| ~ logic operation, logical operation | an operation that follows the rules of symbolic logic. |
| ~ logical relation | a relation between propositions. |
| ~ transitivity | (logic and mathematics) a relation between three elements such that if it holds between the first and second and it also holds between the second and third it must necessarily hold between the first and third. |
| ~ reflexiveness, reflexivity | (logic and mathematics) a relation such that it holds between an element and itself. |
| ~ quantify | use as a quantifier. |
| ~ presuppose, suppose | require as a necessary antecedent or precondition.; "This step presupposes two prior ones" |
| ~ analytical, analytic | of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience.; "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition" |
| ~ synthetical, synthetic | of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts.; "`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition" |
| ~ extensional | defining a word by listing the class of entities to which the word correctly applies. |
| ~ intensional | used of the set of attributes that distinguish the referents of a given word. |
| ~ inductive | of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion.; "inductive reasoning" |
| ~ inferential | of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion. |
| ~ nonmonotonic | not monotonic. |
| ~ interchangeable | (mathematics, logic) such that the arguments or roles can be interchanged.; "the arguments of the symmetric relation, `is a sister of,' are interchangeable" |
| ~ noninterchangeable | such that the terms of an expression cannot be interchanged without changing the meaning.; "the arguments of the symmetric relation, `is the father of', are noninterchangeable" |
| ~ apodeictic, apodictic | of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain. |
| ~ categorematic | of a term or phrase capable of standing as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition. |
| ~ syncategorematic | of a term that cannot stand as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition but must be used in conjunction with other terms.; "`or' is a syncategorematic term" |
| ~ scopal | of or relating to scope.; "scopal dependency" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. logic | reasoned and reasonable judgment.; "it made a certain kind of logic" |
| ~ common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit, sense | sound practical judgment.; "Common sense is not so common"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. logic | the principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation.; "economic logic requires it"; "by the logic of war" |
| ~ principle | a basic truth or law or assumption.; "the principles of democracy" |
| n. (cognition) | 4. logic | the system of operations performed by a computer that underlies the machine's representation of logical operations. |
| ~ system of rules, system | a complex of methods or rules governing behavior.; "they have to operate under a system they oppose"; "that language has a complex system for indicating gender" |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| n. (cognition) | 5. logic, logical system, system of logic | a system of reasoning. |
| ~ system of rules, system | a complex of methods or rules governing behavior.; "they have to operate under a system they oppose"; "that language has a complex system for indicating gender" |
| ~ aristotelian logic | the syllogistic logic of Aristotle as developed by Boethius in the Middle Ages. |
| ~ formal logic, mathematical logic, symbolic logic | any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity. |
| ~ extrapolate | gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating. |
| ~ induce | reason or establish by induction. |
| ~ deduce, derive, infer, deduct | reason by deduction; establish by deduction. |
| ~ negate, contradict | prove negative; show to be false. |
| ~ elicit | derive by reason.; "elicit a solution" |
| reason | | |
| n. (motive) | 1. ground, reason | a rational motive for a belief or action.; "the reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration" |
| ~ rational motive | a motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument. |
| ~ occasion | reason.; "there was no occasion for complaint" |
| ~ account, score | grounds.; "don't do it on my account"; "the paper was rejected on account of its length"; "he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful" |
| ~ wherefore, why | the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'. |
| n. (communication) | 2. reason | an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon.; "the reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly" |
| ~ explanation, account | a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc..; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. 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. |
| n. (state) | 4. rationality, reason, reasonableness | the state of having good sense and sound judgment.; "his rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions" |
| ~ saneness, sanity | normal or sound powers of mind. |
| n. (communication) | 5. cause, grounds, reason | a justification for something existing or happening.; "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice" |
| ~ justification | a statement in explanation of some action or belief. |
| n. (cognition) | 6. reason | a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion.; "there is reason to believe he is lying" |
| ~ fact | a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.; "first you must collect all the facts of the case" |
| ~ indication | (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure.; "the presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics" |
| ~ contraindication | (medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment. |
| v. (cognition) | 7. 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" |
| ~ cerebrate, cogitate, think | use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" |
| ~ induce | reason or establish by induction. |
| ~ deduce, derive, infer, deduct | reason by deduction; establish by deduction. |
| ~ syllogise, syllogize | reason by syllogisms. |
| ~ feel, find | come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds.; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining" |
| ~ deduce, infer | conclude by reasoning; in logic. |
| ~ gather | conclude from evidence.; "I gather you have not done your homework" |
| ~ extrapolate, generalize, generalise, infer | draw from specific cases for more general cases. |
| v. (communication) | 8. argue, reason | present reasons and arguments. |
| ~ re-argue | argue again.; "This politician will be forced into re-arguing an old national campaign" |
| ~ present, lay out, represent | bring forward and present to the mind.; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason" |
| ~ expostulate | reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion. |
| ~ defend, fend for, support | argue or speak in defense of.; "She supported the motion to strike" |
| v. (cognition) | 9. reason | think logically.; "The children must learn to reason" |
| ~ cerebrate, cogitate, think | use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" |
| ~ rationalise away, rationalize away | substitute a natural for a supernatural explanation of.; "you can rationalize away all the strange noises you hear--there is no poltergeist in the house!" |
| ~ theorize | form or construct theories.; "he thinks and theorizes all day" |
| ~ theorize | construct a theory about.; "Galileo theorized the motion of the stars" |
| ~ ratiocinate | reason methodologically and logically. |
| ~ calculate, compute, cipher, cypher, figure, reckon, work out | make a mathematical calculation or computation. |
| ~ categorise, categorize | place into or assign to a category.; "Children learn early on to categorize" |
| ~ speculate | talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion.; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal" |
| 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" |
| adj. | 4. 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" |
| wit | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. humor, humour, wit, witticism, wittiness | a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter. |
| ~ subject matter, content, message, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| ~ jeu d'esprit | a witty comment or writing. |
| ~ bon mot, mot | a clever remark. |
| ~ esprit de l'escalier | a witty remark that occurs to you too late. |
| ~ pungency, bite | wit having a sharp and caustic quality.; "he commented with typical pungency"; "the bite of satire" |
| ~ caustic remark, irony, sarcasm, satire | witty language used to convey insults or scorn.; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own" |
| ~ repartee | adroitness and cleverness in reply. |
| ~ gag, jape, jest, joke, laugh | a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter.; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point" |
| ~ caricature, impersonation, imitation | a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect. |
| ~ cartoon, sketch | a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine. |
| ~ fun, sport, play | verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously).; "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport" |
| ~ ribaldry | ribald humor. |
| ~ topper | an exceedingly good witticism that surpasses all that have gone before. |
| ~ libation | (facetious) a serving of an alcoholic beverage. |
| ~ roaster | a harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment).; "the honoree gave his roasters as good as he got" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit | mental ability.; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense" |
| ~ intelligence | the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience. |
| n. (person) | 3. card, wag, wit | a witty amusing person who makes jokes. |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ humorist, humourist | someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way. |
| 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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