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understanding

/ʌndəˈstandɪŋ/

US pronunciation
American sound/ʌndəˈstandɪŋ/
ʌndəˈstandɪŋ
Syllables
4 syllables
Stress
3rd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final ng sound

ʌndə - ˈstandɪŋ -> understanding

Myanmar meaning

(n) အသိအမြင် (v[ing]) နားလည်နေ

Full entry

understanding / ʌndǝ'stændÇŋ / n

၁။ [U] အသိအမြင်။ အသိ။ mysteries beyond human understanding.
၂။ [U, sing] ~ (of sth) သိခြင်း။ နားလည်ခြင်း။ တတ်ခြင်း။ I have only a limited understanding of French.
၃။ [U, sing] နားလည်မှုရှိခြင်း။ စာနာတတ်ခြင်း။ no real understanding between husband and wife ❍ work for a better understanding between the nations of the world.
၄။ (က) [U] ~ (of sth) (usu fml ) သိခြင်း။ မှတ်ခြင်း။ နားလည်မှု။ My understanding was that we were to meet here. (ခ) [C usu sing ] အသိအမှတ်ပြုမှု။ သဘောတူညီမှု။ နားလည်မှု။ try to come to/ reach an understanding with management about pay ❍ We have an understanding that/ There is an understanding between us that we will not sell to each other's customers.
adj နားလည်မှုရှိသော။ စာနာတတ်သော။ an understanding approach/ smile/ parent.
❏ on the understanding that… ; on this understanding [IDM ] နားလည်မှုဖြင့်။ သဘောတူချက်အရ။ I lent him the money on the understanding that he would pay me back the next day.

More examples
  • [understanding of] : The course will help you develop a deeper understanding of yourself.
  • If you are using this software, it’s helpful to have some understanding of basic design principles.
  • Suzy just needs a little understanding.
  • [come to/reach an understanding] : He was glad he and Betty had come to an understanding.
  • [have an understanding (with someone)] : We have an understanding with them that we won’t compete directly.
  • My understanding is we have not yet made any final decisions.
  • A child with sufficient understanding may sometimes be asked to give a statement.
Synonyms
sympathetic, considerate, thoughtful, kind, accepting, indulgent, perceptive, appreciative, supportive, tolerant, ability, acceptation, accord, acumen, agreement, apperception, appreciation, apprehension, arrangement, assimilation, aware, awareness, belief, bond, cleverness, common view, compassion, compassionate, comprehension, conception, conclusion, concord, consideration, construction, contract, deal, decipherment, discerning, discernment, discrimination, empathetic, empathy, estimation, forbearing, forgiving, generous, grasp, grip, handshake, harmony, idea, identification, import, impression, indulgence, informal agreement, inkling, insight, intellect, intelligence, intendment, interpretation, intuition, judgment, ken, kindly, kindness, knowing, knowledge, mastery, meaning, meeting of minds, message, mind, notion, opinion, pact, patient, penetration, perception, perceptiveness, perceptivity, percipience, personal feeling, perspicacity, prehension, purport, realization, reason, recognition, responsive, savvy, sense, sensitive, settlement, sharpness, significance, significancy, signification, support, sympathy, tolerance, view, viewpoint, wit
Antonyms
disagreeable, disagreement, disbelief, ignorance, impatient, inconsiderate, indifference, insignificance, intolerant, mean, merciless, misinterpretation, mistake, misunderstanding, selfish, stupidity, unaccepting, unfeeling, unsympathetic
Cross references
sympatheticconsideratethoughtfulkindacceptingindulgentperceptiveappreciativesupportivetolerantabilityacceptationaccordacumenagreementapperceptionappreciationapprehensionarrangementassimilationawareawarenessbeliefbondclevernesscommon viewcompassioncompassionate
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