Hyphenation of understand

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word understand? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

un-der-stand

Definitions of understand:

1.	Know and comprehend the nature or meaning of She did not understand her husband I understand what she means
2.	Perceive (an idea or situation) mentally Now I see! I just can't see your point Does she realize how important this decision is? I don't understand the idea
3.	Make sense of a language She understands French Can you read Greek?
4.	Believe to be the case I understand you have no previous experience?
5.	Be understanding of You don't need to explain--I understand!

Synonyms of understand:

verb	realize, realise, see
verb	read, interpret, translate
verb	infer, believe
verb	sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.