Make and Understand

Make

Make verb - To decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement.

Usage example: I make that to be about six feet long

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Understand and make are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Understand" instead a verb "Make".

Nearby Words: makeup, making, maker

Understand verb - To have a clear idea of.

Usage example: after a few weeks in Russia I began to understand the language a little bit

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Make and understand are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Make" instead a verb "Understand".

love	make love	understand love
sense	make sense	understand sense
work	make work	understand work
people	make people	understand people
Other words: reference, point, time, way, world, game, story, difference, joke, references.

Since their bodies are so different from ours, this makes it nearly impossible to understand or make known the full nuances of either species' intended meaning.

Source: Starfish Language
Don Tillman, the protagonist of The Rosie Project doesn't make or understand many jokes due to his Ambiguous Disorder.

Source: No Sense of Humor
Clearly the handbook itself was not incomprehensible, because every character in the movie except the Maitlands seemed able to understand and make use of the book's contents.

Source: Idiot Plot / Live-Action Film

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