understood
adjectiveUK /ˌʌndəˈstʊd/
US /ˌʌndərˈstʊd/
You know what someone means.
The teacher asked if we understood the rules, and we all nodded.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. Accepted or agreed upon by everyone.
It is understood that we meet at noon.
3. Taken as a fact without being said.
Her silence was understood as a yes.
4. Past tense of understand, meaning to have known the meaning.
He understood the joke and laughed.