understand

understand
understand [‚ʌndəˈstænd]
(preterite, past participle understood)
1. transitive verb
   a. [+ person, meaning] comprendre
• I can't understand his attitude je n'arrive pas à comprendre son attitude
• I can't understand it! je ne comprends pas !
• I can't understand a word of it je n'y comprends rien
• this can be understood in several ways cela peut se comprendre de plusieurs façons
• do you understand why? est-ce que vous comprenez pourquoi ?
• to make o.s. understood se faire comprendre
• I quite understand that you don't want to come je comprends très bien que vous n'ayez pas envie de venir
   b. ( = believe) I understood we were to be paid j'ai cru comprendre que nous devions être payés
• I understand you are leaving today il paraît que vous partez aujourd'hui
• we were given to understand that ... on nous a fait comprendre que ...
   c. ( = assume) to be understood [arrangement, price, date] ne pas être spécifié
• it was understood that he would pay ( = it was assumed) on supposait qu'il paierait ; ( = it was agreed) il était entendu qu'il paierait
2. intransitive verb
comprendre
• he was a widower, I understand il était veuf, si j'ai bien compris
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[ˌʌndə'stænd] 1.
(prét, pp -stood) transitive verb
1) (intellectually) comprendre

is that understood? — c'est compris?

to understand that/how — comprendre que/comment

I can't understand why — je n'arrive pas à comprendre pourquoi

to make oneself understood — se faire comprendre

2) (emotionally) comprendre

I don't understand you — je ne te comprends pas

to understand somebody doing — comprendre que quelqu'un fasse

3) (interpret) comprendre

as I understand it — si je comprends bien

I understood him to say ou as saying that... — j'ai compris qu'il disait que...

4) (believe)

to understand that — croire que

it was understood that — on pensait que

he was given to understand that — on lui a donné à entendre que

you won I understand — vous avez gagné si je comprends bien

5) (accept mutually)

to be understood — être entendu

I thought that was understood — je pensais que c'était entendu

6) Linguistics (imply)

to be understood — [subject] être sous-entendu

2.
intransitive verb
1) (comprehend) comprendre (about à propos de)
2) (sympathize) comprendre

I quite understand — je comprends tout à fait


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