"understanding" meaning in English

See understanding in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ʌndəˈstandɪŋ/ [UK], /ˌʌndɚˈstændɪŋ/ [US] Audio: en-us-understanding.ogg [US] Forms: understanding [positive], more understanding [comparative], most understanding [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. An understanding person is able to easily see how someone else feels.
    Sense id: simple-understanding-en-adj-rigDW8Va

Noun

IPA: /ʌndəˈstandɪŋ/ [UK], /ˌʌndɚˈstændɪŋ/ [US] Audio: en-us-understanding.ogg [US] Forms: understanding [singular], understandings [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A person's understanding of something is what they know or think about it.
    Sense id: simple-understanding-en-noun-zkYzjgt0
  2. An understanding is an agreement between two people.
    Sense id: simple-understanding-en-noun-gSYmHMgM
  3. Understanding is your ability to understand the feelings of other people.
    Sense id: simple-understanding-en-noun-R9c~ls79

Verb

IPA: /ʌndəˈstandɪŋ/ [UK], /ˌʌndɚˈstændɪŋ/ [US] Audio: en-us-understanding.ogg [US] Forms: understand [canonical], understands [third-person, singular], understood [past], understood [past, participle], understanding [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb2|understand|understands|understood|understood|understanding}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The present participle of understand.
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