Understanding

Definition: Understanding

Understanding

Adjective

1. Characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy; "an understanding friend".

Noun

1. The cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect".

2. The statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises; "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers".

3. An inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding".

4. The capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "understanding" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Satire

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Synonyms: Understanding

Agreement

Noun: agreement; accord, accordance; unison, harmony; concord; concordance, concert; understanding, mutual understanding.

Assent

Arrive at an understanding, come to an understanding, come to terms, come to an agreement.

Compact

Make a bargain, strike a bargain; come to terms, come to an understanding; compromise; set at rest; close, close with; conclude, complete, settle; confirm, ratify, clench, subscribe, underwrite; endorse, indorse; put the seal to; sign, seal; (attest); indent.

Concord

Rapprochement; reunion; amity; (friendship); alliance, entente cordiale, good understanding, conciliation, peacemaker; intercessor, mediator.

Keep in good humor, render accordant, put in tune; come to an understanding, meet halfway; keep the peace, remain at peace.

Falsehood

Prevaricate, equivocate, quibble; palter, palter to the understanding; repondre en Normand; trim, shuffle, fence, mince the truth, beat about the bush, blow hot and cold, play fast and loose.

Friendship

Cordiality, fraternization, entente cordiale, good understanding, rapprochement, sympathy, fellow-feeling, response, welcomeness.

Imbecility Folly

Noun: want of -intelligence; want of -intellect; shadowness, silliness, foolishness; Adjective: imbecility, incapacity, vacancy of mind, poverty of intellect, weakness of intellect, clouded perception, poor head, apartments to let; stupidity, stolidity; hebetude, dull understanding, meanest capacity, shortsightedness; incompetence; (unskillfulness).

Intellect

Noun: intellect, mind, understanding, reason, thinking principle; rationality; cogitative faculties, cognitive faculties, discursive faculties, reasoning faculties, intellectual faculties; faculties, senses, consciousness, observation, percipience, intelligence, intellection, intuition, association of ideas, instinct, conception, judgment, wits, parts, capacity, intellectuality, genius; brains, cognitive powers, intellectual powers; wit; ability; (skill); wisdom; Vernunft, Verstand.

Intelligence Wisdom

Noun: intelligence, capacity, comprehension, understanding; cuteness, sabe , savvy ; intellect; nous, parts, sagacity, mother wit, wit, esprit, gumption, quick parts, grasp of intellect; acuteness; Adjective: acumen, subtlety, penetration, perspicacy, perspicacity; discernment, due sense of, good judgment; discrimination; cunning; refinement; (taste).

Intelligibility

Understand, comprehend, take, take in; catch, grasp, follow, collect, master, make out; see with half an eye, see daylight, see one's way; enter into the ideas of; come to an understanding.

Pacification

Settle matters, arrange matters, accommodate matters, accommodate differences; set straight; make up a quarrel, tantas componere lites; come to an understanding, come to terms; bridge over, hush up; make it, make matters up; shake hands; mend one's fences.

Qualification

Adverb: provided, provided that, provided always; if, unless, but, yet; according as; conditionally, admitting, supposing; on the supposition of; (theoretically); with the understanding, even, although, though, for all that, after all, at all events.

Skill

Phrase: ars celare artem; artes honorabit; celui qui veut celui-la peut; c'est une grande habilite que de savoir cacher sonhabilite; expertus metuit; es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt; "heart to conceive the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute"; if you have lemons, make lemonade.

Crosswords: Understanding

Are you having trouble understanding me, Jerome (Biloxi Blues; writing credit: Neil Simon)

For reasons passing understanding, people do not relate guns to gun-related crime (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

I'm a very understanding person, Albert (Look Who's Talking; writing credit: Amy Heckerling)

Your understanding of politics is limited to who won the election on 'Sesame Street' (Saved by the Bell; writing credit: Ana Maria Moretzsohn)

The sun is out, birds are singing, bees are trying to have sex with them -- as is my understanding (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

What I need from you is understanding, (Understanding; performing artist: Xscape)

Life is demanding without understanding (The Sign; performing artist: Ace Of Base)

Oh so understanding (Never A Time; performing artist: Genesis)

To complain there was no need She'd smile in Mama's understanding way ("Coal Miner's Daughter"; performing artist: Loretta Lynn)

You see that I am hungry for a life of understanding (Rescue Me; performing artist: Madonna)

Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third. (references; author: unknown)

Sexual Understanding (1970)

Understanding Your Ideals (1950)

Perfect Understanding (1933)

The Understanding Heart (1927)

A Mutual Understanding (1913)

Understanding (performing artist: Xscape)

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Books

• Understanding Fats & Oils: Your Guide to Healing With Essential Fatty Acids (reference)

• Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction (reference)

• The Heart of Addiction: A New Approach to Understanding and Managing Alcoholism and Other Addictive Behaviors (reference)

• Why Can't I Stop Eating?: Recognizing, Understanding, and Overcoming Food Addiction (reference)

• Understanding and Explaining Adjudication (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Learning & Understanding Personal Computers - Cd-rom (reference)

• Public Understanding Of Science (reference)

• Understanding Global Issues (reference)

• Understanding Our Gifted (reference)

• Understanding Sikhism (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Understanding DNA (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Love & Understanding [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (reference)

• Understanding Wildlife (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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The Understanding AIDS campaign marked the first time the federal government had attempted to contact virtually every resident, directly by mail, regarding a major public health problem. Credit: CDC.

Acrylic painting of a spectacled eider flying over an Arctic seascape by Joseph Hautman, 410 Sycamore Circle, Plymouth, MN 55441. Hautman's design was one of 585 entered in the 1991 Federal Duck Stamp Contest. He studied art and physics at the University of Minnesota where he received a degree in physics and later received a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Michigan. His published work has contributed to the understanding of a broad range of phenomenon -- from the shapes of water droplets and snow flakes to the miscroscopic structures of soap bubbles and cell membranes. Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page.

Signing of the memorandum of understanding ... Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Signs the Memorandum of Understanding transferring USS Bisbee (PF-46) to the Columbian Government, in his Pentagon office, 16 November 1951. In the center is Columbian Ambassador Don Dipriano Restrepo-Jaramillo. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs Thomas G. Mann is at right. Bisbee served in the Columbian Navy as Capitan Tono. Credit: NAVY.

Jennie did not speak : she only regarded her guest with a half-resentful understanding. Credit: Library of Congress.

Firm understanding. The big base ring for an 8-inch gun, railway carriage, is inspected in an eastern arsenal. Credit: Library of Congress.

General Pershing cables "No other organization since the world began has ever done such great constructive work with the efficiency, dispatch and understanding, often under adverse circumstances, than has been done in France by American Red Cross in the l. Credit: Library of Congress.

Presidential election of the Jiminto by 1,500,000 members! : the first time in the party history : please vote before November 20th : give us your understanding and cooperation for the new challenge of the party!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Courage, experience, understanding : Mario A. Procaccino, Mayor, Abraham D. Beame, Comptroller, Francis X. Smith, Council President. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

A child is free by his father's title, by his father's understanding, which is to govern him till he hath it of his own. (Second Treatise of Government)

It is in these words: "I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as _____, according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the constitution, and laws of the United States." (reference)

The Communists, therefore, are on the one hand, practically, the most advanced and resolute section of the working-class parties of every country, that section which pushes forward all others; on the other hand, theoretically, they have over the great mass of the proletariat the advantage of clearly understanding the line of march, the conditions, and the ultimate general results of the proletarian movement. (reference)

The Allied and Associated Powers reserve to themselves the right to arrive at an understanding in this connection with Holland, and Germany hereby agrees to accede if required to any such understanding. (reference)

This can only be achieved by reaching now, in 1946, a good understanding on all points with Russia under the general authority of the United Nations Organization and by the maintenance of that good understanding through many peaceful years, by the world instrument, supported by the whole strength of the English-speaking world and all its connections. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace. (reference)

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She will never submit to any thing requiring industry and patience, and a subjection of the fancy to the understanding.

Without understanding it himself clearly, and without trying to explain it, that chaste, healthy, firm, direct, hard, candid nature charmed him.

He felt only an ache of soul and body, his whole being, memory, will, understanding, flesh, benumbed and weary

Ma watched the preacher as he ate, and her eyes were questioning, probing and understanding.

The King, who had a much better understanding, dismissing his learned men, sent for the farmer, who by good fortune was not yet gone out of town

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Health

A deficit in understanding speech is called aphasia. (references)

Sudden confusion, trouble talking, or understanding speech. (references)

Developed a detailed understanding of the targets of rejection. (references)

Business

In terms of negotiating, understanding differences in style is mandatory. (references)

Siderar's position in this industry is one of the keys to understanding the market. (references)

They are also very sensitive regarding outsiders’ understanding of local customs and practices. (references)

Children

Dominican Republic

Tours are marketed by foreigners overseas with the understanding that boys and girls can be found as sex partners. (references)

Russia

The NGO Society for the Defense of Invalids continued to work to broaden public awareness and understanding of problems concerning persons with disabilities by conducting workshops, roundtables with public officials, and training programs for the disabled. (references)

Civil Liberties

Solomon Islands

There is mutual understanding between the Government and the churches but no formal memorandum of understanding. (references)

Discrimination

Belize

The country is multiracial and multiethnic, and the Government actively promotes tolerance and cross-cultural understanding. (references)

Economic History

Egypt

EGPC has already signed a memorandum of understanding with Shell for this project. (references)

Hong Kong

The two parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding in June 1999 on the arrangement. (references)

Human Rights

Tajikistan

Judges at the local, regional, and national level for the most part are poorly trained and lack understanding of the concept of an independent judiciary. (references)

Switzerland

In 1981 the Swiss Academy for Medical Science decided that forced sterilization is not permissible if a person is incapable of understanding the consequences. (references)

Panama

Options such as house arrest have been used in some cases involving the elderly or minors, but require that the defendants have access to and understanding of their legal options. (references)

Minorities

Lesotho

There generally was mutual understanding and cooperation between Christians and Muslims. (references)

Latvia

Although government officials encouraged a broader understanding of and acceptance of newer religions, suspicions remained towards newer nontraditional faiths. (references)

Romania

The Romanian Orthodox Church has attacked the "aggressive proselytizing" of Protestant, neo-Protestant, and other religious groups, which the Church repeatedly has described as "sects." There is no law against proselytizing, or clear understanding of what activities consist of proselytizing; however, proselytizing that involves denigrating established churches is perceived as provocative. (references)

Political Economy

Moldova

In 1997 the Transnistrian authorities signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government. (references)

CZECH REPUBLIC

The slow pace of court procedures is often compounded by judges' limited understanding of complex commercial cases. (references)

Bulgaria

On February 1, 1999, a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding came into force providing for tax free treatment of U. S. Government assistance. (references)

Political Rights

Lesotho

However, in 1998 the King did not take an active role in the opposition campaign, as he did in 1994, and, based on the 1994 Memorandum of Understanding, Prime Minister Mosisili asked SADC to intervene militarily to stabilize the situation. (references)

Trade

Eritrea

Items may be taxed upon arrival with the understanding that the tax will be reimbursed upon departure from the country with said items. (references)

Venezuela

The Export-Import Bank and the Venezuelan government signed a Memorandum of Understanding on June 22, 1999 to provide up to USD 1 billion in credit during the next two fiscal years. (references)

Travel

Ireland

To assure complete understanding, it is well to define unfamiliar terms. (references)

Austria

Showing understanding for the Austrian way of doing things will prove rewarding. (references)

Honduras

The verbal understanding is therefore sometimes given greater importance than the written contract. (references)

Women

Argentina

NGO's working in the area of women's rights stress that women too often do not have a full understanding of their rights. (references)

Pakistan

Human Rights Watch also reported that women face problems in the collection of evidence; that the doctors tasked to examine rape victims often believe that the victims are lying; that they are trained insufficiently and have inadequate facilities for the collection of forensic evidence pertaining to rape; that they do not testify very effectively in court; and that they tend to focus on the virginity status of the victim, and, due either to an inadequate understanding of the need for prompt medical evaluations or to inadequate resources, often delay the medical examinations for many days or even weeks, making any evidence that they collect of dubious utility. (references)

Worker Rights

New Zealand

Discussions with the ILO to confirm this understanding continued at year's end. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Understanding

As though understanding

Great understanding

The understanding of the Lord

Understanding

Understanding

Expressions using "understanding": a degree of understanding ♦ a person of understanding ♦ arrive at an understanding ♦ come to a mutual understanding ♦ come to an understanding ♦ come to an understanding with ♦ come to understanding with ♦ fine understanding ♦ good understanding ♦ human understanding ♦ image understanding ♦ in my understanding ♦ lack of understanding ♦ lacking understanding ♦ mutual understanding ♦ National Understanding ♦ on the understanding that ♦ on this understanding ♦ reach understanding with smb. ♦ scene understanding ♦ speech understanding ♦ tacit understanding ♦ they came to an understanding ♦ with the understanding. Additional references.

Ending with "understanding": self-understanding.

Afrikaans

verband (bandage, relation), begrip (concept, conception, idea, notion), begripsvermoë. (various references)

Albanian

ujdi (accommodation, arrangement, bargain, composition, concert, concurrence, congruence, mutual agreement, settlement, transaction, tune), pranim (acceptance, acknowledgement, admission, admittance, avowal, confession, reception, recipiency, recognition, recognizance), mirëkuptues, mirëkuptim (entente, sympathy), kuptim (comprehension, conception, construction, drift, hang, import, meaning, perception, point, purport, realization, sense, significance, signification, stress), arsyetim (argumentation, descant, intellection, logic, rationality, rationalization, reasoning, recollection, Rede, speculation). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فهم (accept, apprehend, apprehension, brain, catch, comprehend, comprehension, conceive, conception, discern, discernment, grasp, hear, hear of, intelligence, know, know of, learn, learn about, make out, penetrate, perceive, perception, pick out, pierce, put across, puzzle out, realization, realize, see, see daylight, see the light, seeing, sense, skulk, sort out, take in, twig, understand, understood), ‏مبد عطفا أو تسامحا, ‏وفاق (accord, agreement), ‏تفاهم (amity, harmony), ‏عاطف (conjunctive, sympathetic), ‏ذكاء (brain, brilliance, brilliancy, cleverness, cuteness, intellect, intelligence, mentality, mind, penetration, quickness, sagacity, savvy, shrewdness, smartness, wit), ‏إتفاق (accord, community, compact, composition, concert, concord, concordance, deal, oneness, pact, promise, settlement, term, treaty, unity), ‏إدراك (appreciation, apprehension, cognizance, comprehension, conception, grasp, intelligence, knowledge, maturity, puberty, pubescence, realization, reason, recognition, responsiveness, savvy, science, sense, senses, sensibilities, sensibility, smart). (various references)

Basque

ulertzen (understand). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съчувствен (commiserative, compassionate, feeling, responsive, soft, sympathetic), съгласие (accord, accordance, agreement, approval, assent, compliance, concert, concord, concurrence, congruence, consensus, consent, consonance, consort, fiat, grant, harmony, rapport, sympathy, union, unison, unity, yea, yes), схващане (apprehension, comprehension, conception, cramp, grasp, idea, kink, notion, opinion, outlook, perception, prehension, uptake, view), споразумение (accord, agreement, compact, compromise, contract, convention, covenant, settlement, stipulation), разумен (discriminate, equitable, intelligent, judicious, level, long-headed, politic, rational, reasonable, responsible, sane, sensible, thinking, well-judged), разум (discrimination, mind, nous, rationality, wit), разбирателство (amity, rapport, sympathy, unity), разбиране (apprehension, comprehension, conception, feeling, grasp, grip, hold, idea, knowing, opinion, perception, realization, taste, uptake), толерантен (large minded, permissive, tolerant), отнасящ се с разбиране, отзивчив (approachable, co operative, forward, helpful, outgoing, respondent, responsive, soft-hearted, sympathetic, warmhearted). (various references)

Chinese 

理解 (comprehension, to comprehend, to understand). (various references)

Czech

znalosti (attainment), znalý (adept, cognizant, knowing), shoda (accord, accordance, agreement, community, compliance, concord, conformity, congruence, conjuncture, correspondence, Deuce, harmony, oneness, parity, unanimity, union, unity), rozumný (advisable, rational, reasonable, sane, sensible, wise), rozum (intelligence, mind, reason), porozumìní (insight, intellection), pochopení (appreciation, comprehension, insight, sympathy), mající pochopení, inteligence (head, intellect), dorozumìní, chápání (apprehension, comprehension, perception, prehension). (various references)

Danish

forhold (relation). (various references)

Dutch

verband (bandage, relation), omgang (procession, relation), betrekking (function, job, office, post, relation). (various references)

Esperanto

komprenpovo, interrilato (relation). (various references)

Farsi 

فهمیده , فهم (Brain, Grasp, Head, Intellect, Intelligence, Mind, Savvy, Uptake), موافقت (Accord, Accordance, Acquiescence, Adhesion, Agreement, Approbation, Approval, Assent, Concurrence, Congruity, Consent, Endorsement, Sympathy), مطلع (Hep), ماهر (Adept, Adroit, Cunning, Deft, Dexterous, Dextrous, Expert, Great, Handy, Industrious, Jimmy, Natty, Pert, Proficient, Skillful, Slick, Workmanlike), هوش (Brain, Esprit, Intellect, Intelligence, Sagacity, Sense, Wit, Witting), توافق (Accord, Accordance, Adhesion, Agreement, Analogy, Band, Coincidence, Compromise, Concord, Concurrence, Consistency, Rapport, Settlement), تظر, ادراک (Cognition, Cognizance, Hindsight, Impression, Notion, Perception, Realization, Scent, Uptake), باهوش (Bright, Clever, Ingenious, Intelligent, Keen, Precocious, Sagacious, Shrewd, Smart, Spiffy, Spry, Swish). (various references)

Finnish

ymmärtäväinen (sensible), ymmärtämys (sympathy), ymmärrys (intellect, intelligence, reason), välipuhe (agreement, stipulation), järki (logical reasoning, reason, sense). (various references)

French

intelligence. (various references)

German

verstehen (apprehend, catch, fathom, follow, got it, hear, interpret, know, make out, perceive, read, realize, see, take, to apprehend, to understand, understand, understood), Verstand (brain, head, intellect, intelligence, judgment, meaning, mind, reason, sanities, sanity, savvied, sense, senses, understanded, wit), Verständnis (appreciation, comprehension, conception, grasp, grip, idea, insight, notion, realization, sense, sympathy). (various references)

Greek 

κατανόηση (comprehension). (various references)

Hebrew 

הבנה (apprehension, comprehension, insight, realization, savvy, wit). (various references)

Hungarian

megértés (appreciation, apprehension, catholicity, comprehension), megállapodás (accord, agreement, arrangement, compromise, covenant, pact, settlement, stand in, treaty). (various references)

Indonesian

pengertian (comprehension, insight, sense), pengartian (meaning), pemahaman (comprehension). (various references)

Italian

comprensione (apprehension, comprehension, grasp, Ken, realisation, realization, sympathy, uptake). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

了解 (comprehension, consent, roger on the radio), 把握 (catch, grasp), 悟性 (wisdom), 悟り (Buddhist enlightenment, comprehension). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

りょうかいじこう, えとく (appreciation, comprehension, grasp, perception), とくしん (being convinced of, being satisfied, blasphemy, consenting to, devotion, devoutness, special promotion), はあく (catch, grasp), ものわかり, ものわかりのよい (sensible), ものわかりのいい (sensible), わかり (comprehension), りょう (amount, catch, charge, companion, completion, defy, dormitory, eclipse, endure, excel, fee, finish, fishing, game, good, hostel, hunting, keep out, material, official, portion, pull through, quantity, rate, skill, slight, stave off, surpass, tide over, volume), りょうち (appreciation, dominion, intuition, knowing, preserve, territory), え (bay, depending on, drawing, -fold, grip, handle, inlet, painting, picture, -ply, sketch, type of beefsteak plant), りょうかい (agreement, comprehension, consent, roger, territorial waters), がってん (agreement, assent, comprehension, consent, grasp), りょうしょう (acknowledgement, great general, noting), りかい (comprehension), りかいりょく (comprehensive faculty), ごりょうしょう (acknowledgement), ごせい (emphasizing one's speech, stress, wisdom), のみこみ (apprehension, understand), さとり (Buddhist enlightenment, comprehension), きち (already known, base, correct, dangerous position, extraordinary wisdom, healthy, perception, peril, resources, tact, well-known, wit, your place), なっとく (agreement, assent, comprehension, consent, grasp), がてん (agreement, assent, comprehension, consent, grasp), りょうと (acknowledgement, appreciating, excusing). (various references)

Korean 

이해 (Comprehending). (various references)

Manx

toiggalys (acuteness, acuteness of mind), toiggaltys (acuity, intellect), toiggaltagh (intellectual, knowing, person that understands), toiggalagh (acute, acute keen-witted, enlightened, judicious), tastaght (sapience), reaghys (arbitration, arrangement, clearing, conciliation, set, settlement, tryst). (various references)

Pig Latin

erstandingunday.(various references)

Portuguese

compreensão (apprehension, candor, candour, comprehension, coverage, insight, intelligence, knowledge, mind, openness, prehension, realization, sense, uptake, view, wit). (various references)

Romanian

inteligenţã (brain, brain-sauce, cleverness, comprehension, cuteness, ingenuity, intellect, intelligence, light, smartness, wit), acord (accede, accession, accord, accordance, agree, agreement, arrangement, assent, cheer, chord, coincidence, compact, compliance, composition, concert, concord, concordance, concurrence, conformity, congeniality, congruence, congruity, consent, consentaneity, consistency, contract, convention, correspondence, covenant, harmony, key, permit, solidarity, treaty, uniformity, union, unison, unity), ager (active, acute, agile, clever, cute, fast, lively, mercurial, mettlesome, quick, sagacious, sharp, shrewd, skilful, skillful, spirited), cap (bean, beginning, brains, Cape, chief, chump, end, foreland, front, head, heading, headland, judgment, knob, lid, loaf, mastermind, Mull, Ness, noddle, noggin, nut, pate, peak, peninsula, pericranium, pommel, promontory, rock, sense, skull, top), care înţelege, comprehensiune (comprehension, prehension), convenţie (agreement, compact, convention, covenant, memorandum), înţelegere (accommodation, accord, agreement, apprehension, arrangement, compact, compliance, composition, comprehension, comprehensiveness, concert, concord, concordat, connivance, convention, covenant, goodwill, grasp, grip, insight, intelligence, knowing, mindfulness, perception, prehension, realization, sympathy, unity), intelect (head, intellect, mentality, mind, nous, spirit), solicitudine (comprehension, solicitude), inteligent (apprehensive, argute, brainy, bright, clever, comprehensive, cute, intelligent, keen, lively, luminous, neat, nimbly, politic, sagacious, sage, sharp, sharp-witted, smart), judecatã (award, bar, decision, inquest, judgement, law, reason, Rede, sentence, trial, verdict, view, wisdom), pãtrundere (acumen, acuteness, comprehensiveness, entrance, in-going, ingress, insight, intelligence, interpenetration, intromission, penetration, permeation, perspicacity, pervasion, vision), perspicace (acute, argute, perspicacious, perspicaciously, ready-witted, sagacious, shrewd), pricepere (ability, capability, cleverness, competence, fitness, gumption, ingenuousness, knack, know how, management, qualification, savvy, sconce, skill), raţiune (ground, intellect, intelligence, lucidity, mind, motive, ratio, rationality, reason, sense, wit), sesizare (intimation, realization), gândire (consideration, deliberation, mentation, mind, reflection, reverie, thinking, thought). (various references)

Russian 

соглашение (accord, agreement, arrangement, compact, concord, covenant, entente, stipulation, undertaking), чуткий (responsive, sharp), понимать понимание, понимание (apprehension, aprehension, comprehension, conception, digestion, grasp, insight, knowing, perception, reading, realization, savvy), договоренность. (various references)

Scottish

tuigsinn (comprehending, discerning), toinisg, tùr (a tower, intention, invent, meaning, sagacity, sense), seadh (it is so, just so, meaning, sense, yes), ciall (darling, meaning, sense). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sporazum (accommodation, accord, agreement, arrangement, come to an agreement, convention, covenant, pact, square deal, treaty), shvatanje (apprehension, comprehension, grasp, insight, uptake), saznavanje, razumevanje (apprehension, cognizance, comprehension, intellection, savvy), pun razumevanja, poimanje (intellection), antanta (entente). (various references)

Spanish

relación (association, connection, connexion, connotation, link, link up, list, record, reference, relation, relationship, relevance, relevancy, touch), inteligencia (abilities, brains, brightness, comprehension, head, intelligence, knowledge, notion, realization, sense, wit), entendimiento (access, comprehension, discernment, grasp, intellect, judgement, judgment, mind, rapport, wit), comprensión (apprehension, charity, comprehension, grasp, judgement, judgment, perception, prehension, realization, savvy, sympathy). (various references)

Swedish

förstånd (brains, comprehension, intellect, intelligence, judiciousness, lights, reason, sense), förstående (comprehending, sympathetic). (various references)

Turkish

uzlaşma (accommodation, accord, agreement, combine, compromise, give and take, half measure, half-way house, mediatory, rapprochement, reconciliation, reunification, reunion, settlement), uyuşma (accommodation, agreement, alignment, anesthesia, axis, bargain, compromise, concurence, consonance, entente, equalization, give and take, narcosis, numbness, pins and needles, stupefaction), hissetme (feel, feeling, perceiving, sensation, sense), anlaşma (accord, agreement, alliance, arrangement, axis, bargain, compact, composition, concert, concord, conspiracy, contract, covenant, deal, entente, hookup, pact, rapport, settlement), anlama (appreciation, apprehension, comprehension, drift, fathom, grasp, grip, insight, intelligence, knowledge, prehension, realization, sense, uptake), anlayış (apprehension, cognizance, comprehension, discernment, horizon, intelligence, mentality, percipience, sagacity, savvy, sensibility), anlayışlı (comprehensive, considerate, discerning, gentle, heartthrob, indulgent, quick-eyed, receptive, sagacious, wise), şart (circumstance, condition, if, must, necessarily, proviso, reservation, reserve, state, stipulation, string), akıllı (all there, astute, brainy, clever, cute, intelligent, knowing, knowledgeable, longheaded, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sapient, sensible, smart, sparkling, spiritual, well advised, wise), halden anlayan (large-hearted, sensible, sympathetic), zeki (apt, as fresh as paint, astute, brainy, bright, brilliant, clear, clever, cute, discerning, ingenious, intellectual, intelligent, keen, keen-witted, longheaded, luminous, neat, nifty, nimble-witted, penetrating, penetrative, perceptional, perspicacious, quick of comprehension, quick on the trigger, quick-witted, sapient, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd, smart, sparkling, spiritual, subtile, subtle), kafalı (headed), kavrama (apperception, apprehension, bite, chuck, cinch, clasp, claw, clutch, cognation, cognizance, comprehension, conception, digestion, engaging, fathom, grasp, grip, gripping, insight, penetration, perception, prehension, seizing, uptake), kavrayış (comprehension, perspicacity, reach, realization, savvy), zekâ<