OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 3436

understand

/ˌʌndəˈstænd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
comprender • entender
To believe or infer, to think one grasps sufficiently despite potentially incomplete knowledge.
At least four people are understood to have been injured.
I've been given to understand that you have a package for me?
sobreentenderse • subentenderse
To regard as present when not.
In the imperative mood, the word “you” is usually understood.
‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary,’ the Chief was saying.