understood

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

---

understood

• transpicuous - Describing something easily seen through or understood.
• passive vocabulary - Contains lexemes we know and understand but do no actively use (in writing or speech).
• scrutable - Describing that which can be understood through scrutiny.
• esoteric - Its root sense is "for the initiates of a religious mystery," and it means "confined to or understood by just a few people."

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	understood - 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.	understood - implied by or inferred from actions or statements; "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood provisos of a custody agreement" tacit, silent 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 understood → sich 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 relationship → einige Dinge sollten in einer Beziehung immer stillschweigend vorausgesetzt werden or immer von vornherein klar sein

(= believed) → angenommen, geglaubt; he is understood to have left → es 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. adj → inteso/a; (implied) → sottinteso/a

---

understood understand