how to pronounce understand

/ˌʌndəˈstænd/

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understand is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of understand in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… forth and help us understand the past …”

meaning of understand

Understand means to know or grasp the meaning of something.

understand frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word understand occurs in english on average 155 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics understand 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 understand can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;

3) people, society, and culture;