Definition of understanding

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Understanding (n.) Specifically, the discursive faculty; the faculty of knowing by the medium or use of general conceptions or relations. In this sense it is contrasted with, and distinguished from, the reason..

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Diswitted :: Diswitted (a.) Deprived of wits or understanding; distracted.
Brain :: Brain (n.) The organ or seat of intellect; hence, the understanding..
Dark :: Dark (a.) Not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through; obscure; mysterious; hidden.
Dough-baked :: Dough-baked (a.) Imperfectly baked; hence, not brought to perfection; unfinished; also, of weak or dull understanding..
Fly :: Fly (a.) Knowing; wide awake; fully understanding another's meaning.
Uptake :: Uptake (n.) Understanding; apprehension.
Sensible :: Sensible (a.) Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon the sense, reason, or understanding; ////// heat; sensible resistance..
Silly :: Silly (n.) Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question..
Rationalism :: Rationalism (n.) The doctrine or system of those who deduce their religious opinions from reason or the understanding, as distinct from, or opposed to, revelation..
Rational :: Rational (a.) Having reason, or the faculty of reasoning; endowed with reason or understanding; reasoning..
Psycho- :: Psycho- () A combining form from Gr. psychh` the soul, the mind, the understanding; as, psychology..
Cognitive :: Cognitive (a.) Knowing, or apprehending by the understanding; as, cognitive power..
Intellection :: Intellection (n.) A mental act or process; especially: (a) The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas; intuition. Bentley. (b) A creation of the mind itself.
Misconception :: Misconception (n.) Erroneous conception; false opinion; wrong understanding.
Understanding :: Understanding (n.) The power to understand; the intellectual faculty; the intelligence; the rational powers collectively conceived an designated; the higher capacities of the intellect; the power to distinguish truth from falsehood, and to adapt means to ends..
Noematical :: Noematical (a.) Of or pertaining to the understanding.
Witless :: Witless (a.) Destitute of wit or understanding; wanting thought; hence, indiscreet; not under the guidance of judgment..
Agreement :: Agreement (n.) A concurrence in an engagement that something shall be done or omitted; an exchange of promises; mutual understanding, arrangement, or stipulation; a contract..
Witling :: Witling (n.) A person who has little wit or understanding; a pretender to wit or smartness.
Brainless :: Brainless (a.) Without understanding; silly; thoughtless; witless.
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