how to pronounce understood

/ˌʌndɚsˈtʊd/

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understood is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of understood in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… essentially I've never understood a lot …”

meanings of understood

adjective:

Having been comprehended.

verb:

Simple past tense and past participle of understand.

interjection:

Indicates comprehension on the part of the speaker.

understood frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word understood occurs in english on average 36.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics understood can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that understood can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;