Sentences with understanding
un·der·stand·ing
U u - They have to have a basic understanding of computers in order to use the advanced technology. [+ of]
- Her boss, who was very understanding, gave her time off.
- We would like to thank them for their patience and understanding.
- There was complete understanding between Wilson and myself. [+ between]
- We had not set a date for marriage but there was an understanding between us. [+ between]
- It is my understanding that this torture has been going on for many years.
- My understanding of your predicament
- One's understanding of a matter
- She told them about it in simple words, hoping they would understand.
- If you can't do it, I'll understand.
- He understands about boats.
- He can repeat every rule in the book, but he just doesn't understand.
- The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure.
- I thought we had an understanding - you do the dishes, and I throw the trash.
- The parties of the negotiation have managed to come to an understanding.
- He showed much understanding when he found out of my troublesome familial history.
- It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.
- My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- A quick understanding.
- With her keen understanding she should have become a leader.
- An understanding of accounting practice.
- To him, understanding and goodwill were the supreme virtues.
- They had an understanding about who would do the dishes.
- After hours of negotiation, no understanding on a new contract was reached.
- An understanding attitude.
- To understand Spanish; I didn't understand your question.
- To understand a trade.
- He understood her suggestion as a complaint.
- He does not understand responsibility.
- I understand that you will repay this loan in 30 days.
- I understand that you are going out of town.
- I understand that you are trying to be truthful, but you are wrong.
- You are to understand the phrase literally.