<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.</li><li>intellectual faculties; intelligence; mind: a quick understanding.</li><li>superior power of discernment; enlightened intelligence: With her keen understanding she should have become a leader.</li><li>knowledge of or familiarity with a particular thing; skill in dealing with or handling something: an understanding of accounting practice.</li><li>a state of cooperative or mutually tolerant relations between people: To him, understanding and goodwill were the supreme virtues.</li><li>a mutual agreement, especially of a private, unannounced, or tacit kind: They had an understanding about who would do the dishes.</li><li>an agreement regulating joint activity or settling differences, often informal or preliminary in character: After hours of negotiation, no understanding on a new contract was reached.</li><li>Philosophy: the power of abstract thought; logical power.</li><li>Kantianism: the mental faculty resolving the sensory manifold into the transcendental unity of apperception.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>characterized by understanding; prompted by, based on, or demonstrating comprehension, intelligence, discernment, empathy, or the like: an understanding attitude.</li></ul>