"understand the assignment" meaning in All languages combined

See understand the assignment on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-understand the assignment.wav Forms: understands the assignment [present, singular, third-person], understanding the assignment [participle, present], understood the assignment [participle, past], understood the assignment [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|understand<,,understood> the assignment}} understand the assignment (third-person singular simple present understands the assignment, present participle understanding the assignment, simple past and past participle understood the assignment)
  1. (idiomatic, informal) To excel at something; to demonstrate one's skill or talent. Tags: idiomatic, informal
    Sense id: en-understand_the_assignment-en-verb-5K07cZnG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 29
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see understand, assignment.
    Sense id: en-understand_the_assignment-en-verb-ffMs280a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

Inflected forms

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