understood

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʌndəˈstʊd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ʌndɚˈstʊd/

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• Rhymes: -ʊd

understood (comparative more understood, superlative most understood)

1. Having been comprehended.

• little-understood
• well-understood

understood

1. simple past and past participle of understand

   Three crewmembers are understood to have been injured in the explosion.

understood

1. Indicates comprehension on the part of the speaker.