To receive from a word or collocation of words or from a sign the idea it is intended to convey: with the thing said, the person speaking, or the language as the direct object of the verb.To interpret the signification of; seize the idea of; comprehend as resulting from a thought, principle, or rule; explain.To receive information about; learn by paying heed to what is said and done; consider.To know in substance, as a fact or saying; be acquainted with; recognize.To take as meant or implied; imply; infer; assume; take for granted: chiefly in the past participle.To recognize as implied or meant, although not expressed; supply mentally, as a word necessary to bring out the sense of an author: as, in the phrase ‘All are mortal,’ we must understand the word men, living beings, or the like.To stand under.To have the use of the intellectual faculties; be an intelligent and conscious being; have understanding; be wise.To be informed by another; learn.To give attention; listen.