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# understood

«understood» in Mova's school dictionary: **the past of «understand»: knew or got the meaning of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb, past tense and past participle of «understand» (understand, understands, understood, understanding); adjective (understood)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Understood is the past of «understand»: knew or got the meaning of something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/understood/#m1)

2) Understood means known or agreed without being said: «it is understood that…». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/understood/#m2)

3) «Understood» on its own means «I understand and I will do it». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/understood/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school a teacher asks «Have you understood?» and pupils show they have understood by explaining it in their own words. If you have not understood, ask a question — that is how learning works. In stories «She finally understood» shows a moment of discovery. Phrases: «make yourself understood», «it is understood that».

### examples

- I understood the question the second time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/understood/#x1)
- Have you all understood the instructions? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/understood/#x2)
- She finally understood why her friend was sad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/understood/#x3)
- «Be home by six.» «Understood.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/understood/#x4)
- He made himself understood with hand signals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/understood/#x5)
- Nobody understood the joke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/understood/#x6)
- It is understood that phones stay in bags. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/understood/#x7)
- He understood the gypsy woman's meaning now. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/understood/#x8)

### note

Irregular: understand, understood, understood (not «understanded»). Like stand → stood. Saying «I've understood» when you haven't does not help — ask.

### In the corpora

- [In tests in Hawaii, dolphins understood that word order in hand-signal sentences changes the meaning.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/235-animal-minds-dolphins-names-orca-grandmothers-and-whale-songs/14/)
- [Koko the gorilla used many signs, but scientists still argue how much she understood, so careful tests are needed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/387-clever-primates-tool-using-chimps-kanzi-the-bonobo-and-ayumu-s-memory/18/)
- [The Head Chief says Taffy has made a great invention which men will one day call writing, though pictures are not always understood.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention/6/)
- [At present it is only pictures, and ... pictures are not always properly understood.»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention/19/)
- [In a command, the subject «you» is understood, so «Stop.» is a complete sentence.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/26-sentences-capital-letters-full-stops-and-the-four-types/29/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «understood» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/understood/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.