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grok  (grk)

tr.v. grok·ked, grok·king, groks Slang

To understand profoundly through intuition or empathy.

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[Coined by Robert A. Heinlein in his Stranger in a Strange Land.]

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Verb

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grok - get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" apprehend, comprehend, get the picture, savvy, grasp, compass, dig understand - know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means" figure - understand; "He didn't figure her" catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, get wise, twig, latch on, tumble - understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on" intuit - know or grasp by intuition or feeling digest - arrange and integrate in the mind; "I cannot digest all this information"