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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Understanding :: Understanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Understan.
Cognitive :: Cognitive (a.) Knowing, or apprehending by the understanding; as, cognitive power..
Brain :: Brain (n.) The organ or seat of intellect; hence, the understanding..
Intelligential :: Intelligential (a.) Of or pertaining to the intelligence; exercising or implying understanding; intellectual.
Dull :: Dull (superl.) Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.
Tenor :: Tenor (n.) That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
Allegorization :: Allegorization (n.) The act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense..
Sound :: Sound (superl.) Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; -- said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound constitution; a sound understanding..
Misintelligence :: Misintelligence (n.) Disagreement; misunderstanding.
Subaxillary :: Subaudition (n.) The act of understanding, or supplying, something not expressed; also, that which is so understood or supplied..
Intellectualist :: Intellectualist (n.) One who overrates the importance of the understanding.
Delineate :: Delineate (v. t.) To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe.
Misregard :: Misregard (n.) Wrong understanding; misconstruction.
Understandingly :: Understandingly (adv.) In an understanding manner; intelligibly; with full knowledge or comprehension; intelligently; as, to vote upon a question understandingly; to act or judge understandingly..
Manifestation :: Manifestation (n.) The act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state of being manifested; discovery to the eye or to the understanding; also, that which manifests; exhibition; display; revelation; as, the manifestation of God's power in creation..
Child :: Child (n.) A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a very young person, as innocence, obedience, trustfulness, limited understanding, etc..
Disproportional :: Disproportional (a.) Not having due proportion to something else; not having proportion or symmetry of parts; unsuitable in form, quantity or value; inadequate; unequal; as, a disproportional limb constitutes deformity in the body; the studies of youth should not be disproportional to their understanding..
Headless :: Headless (a.) Destitute of understanding or prudence; foolish; rash; obstinate.
Stupidity :: Stupidity (n.) The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness.
Blockish :: Blockish (a.) Like a block; deficient in understanding; stupid; dull.
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