Put and Understand

Put

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

Usage example: put the time of the photograph at about noon

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

Nearby Words: putting, putted

Understand verb - To form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information.

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

mind	put mind	understand mind
power	put power	understand power
life	put life	understand life
people	put people	understand people
Other words: point, time, way, world, game, words.

Asterix tries to speak it, but since the Vikings don't understand, he wonders if he put his strikes and little circles over the wrong letters (he put them over E and U instead).

Source: The Backwards R
One can understand being put off by a bunch of schoolgirls whining in the middle of a lecture, but letting a kid half his age put order?

Source: Narm / Anime
I'll write it down and that.Rob: "Stuffing your kite..." OK, see, I understand each individual word... I don't quite understand the order you seem put them in...Mac: Cracking dinner medals.

Source: Comic Strip / Get Fuzzy

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