Definition of "understanding" []

• The quality or condition of one who understands; comprehension. (noun)
• The faculty by which one understands; intelligence. See Synonyms at reason. (noun)
• Individual or specified judgment or outlook; opinion. (noun)
• A compact implicit between two or more people or groups. (noun)
• The matter implicit in such a compact. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "’ Nay, for the cause of ‘understanding’ also, they say the thing understood sendeth forth an ‘intelligible species, ’ that is, an ‘intelligible being seen, ’ which, coming into the understanding, makes us understand."
• "High marks for the title understanding also for you!"
• "This understanding is the basis of the peace process."