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noun the cognitive condition of someone who understands
noun the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
noun an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
originFrom Middle English understandyng, understondynge, understondinde, undirstondend, understandande, from Old English understandende, from Proto-West Germanic *undarstandandī, from Proto-Germanic *understandandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *understandaną (“to stand between, intercede, understand”), equivalent to understand + -ing (present participle ending).
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