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understood

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un·der·stood  (ndr-std)
v.
Past tense and past participle of understand.
adj.
1. Agreed on; assumed: the understood conditions of troop withdrawal.
2. Not expressed in writing; implied: the understood provisos of a custody agreement.

understood [ˌʌndəˈstʊd]
vb
the past tense and past participle of understand
adj
1. implied or inferred
2. taken for granted; assumed
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.understoodunderstood - fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation; "the understood conditions of troop withdrawal were clear"
ununderstood - not understood; "should not tamely submit to the unpredictable and ununderstood cycles of wars"- Psychiatry
2.understoodunderstood - implied by or inferred from actions or statements; "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood provisos of a custody agreement"
implicit, inexplicit - implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something; "an implicit agreement not to raise the subject"; "there was implicit criticism in his voice"; "anger was implicit in the argument"; "the oak is implicit in the acorn"

understood
adjective
1. assumed, presumed, accepted, taken for granted The management is understood to be very unwilling to agree.
2. implied, implicit, unspoken, inferred, tacit, unstated The technical equality of all officers was understood.
Translations
understood pret, ptp of understand
adj
(= clear)klar; to make oneself understoodsich verständlich machen; do I make myself understood?ist das klar?; I wish it to be understood that …ich möchte klarstellen, dass …; (is that) understood?(ist das) klar?; understood!gut!
(= agreed) it was understood between them that …sie hatten eine Vereinbarung, dass …; I thought that was understood!ich dachte, das sei klar; certain things always have to be understood in a relationshipeinige Dinge sollten in einer Beziehung immer stillschweigend vorausgesetzt werden or immer von vornherein klar sein
(= believed)angenommen, geglaubt; he is understood to have leftes heißt, dass er gegangen ist; it is understood that …es heißt or man hört, dass …; he let it be understood that …er gab zu verstehen, dass …
pred (Gram) → ausgelassen

understood [ˌʌndəˈstʊd]
1. pt & pp of understand
2. adjinteso/a; (implied) → sottinteso/a

understood [ˌʌndəˈstʊd]
1. pt & pp of understand
2. adjinteso/a; (implied) → sottinteso/a

understood understand


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She understood that he was thanking her for having said she loved him.
The next day I set him to work beating some corn out, and sifting it in the manner I used to do, as I observed before; and he soon understood how to do it as well as I, especially after he had seen what the meaning of it was, and that it was to make bread of; for after that I let him see me make my bread, and bake it too; and in a little time Friday was able to do all the work for me as well as I could do it myself.
He seemed astonished too on finding her alone, and apologised for his intrusion by letting her know that he had understood all the ladies were to be within.
 
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