Understood - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌʌndərˈstʊd|  American pronunciation of the word understood
Brit.  |ʌndəˈstʊd|  British pronunciation of the word understood
- this word is a past tense form of the verbto understand
- this word is a past participle form of the verbto understand

adjective

- implied by or inferred from actions or statements (syn: silent, tacit)
the understood provisos of a custody agreement

Extra examples

It was quite an understood thing in the family that Lord Fawn must marry money.

The law had been understood in broad terms.

After several readings, I finally understood the meaning of the poem.

I understood so few of the words they were using that the conversation sounded like nonsense to me.

...the fatuous questions that the audience members asked after the lecture suggested to the oceanographer that they had understood little...

...expected her son to grow a little more rebellious as he got older, but she knew he understood when to kick and when to obey...

We understood your point, there's no need to recapitulate.

He winked and said that he understood.

The film cut back to the earlier scene so that we understood her reasons.

I understood little in his speech.

I hope I made myself understood.

An allusion will readily be understood.

The latter cannot be properly understood without a retrospect to the former.

These short and unconnected sentences are easily understood.

I understood her to say that she would attend the meeting.

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