Understand vs. Overstand
Understandverb
(transitive) To be aware of the meaning of.
Understandverb
To believe, based on information.
Understandverb
To impute meaning, character etc. that is not explicitly stated.
Understandverb
To stand under; to support.
Understandverb
One who supports others in such performances as the human pyramid.
Understandverb
To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a problem in Euclid; to understand a proposition or a declaration; the court understands the advocate or his argument; to understand the sacred oracles; to understand a nod or a wink.
Understandverb
To be apprised, or have information, of; to learn; to be informed of; to hear; as, I understand that Congress has passed the bill.
Understandverb
To recognize or hold as being or signifying; to suppose to mean; to interpret; to explain.
Understandverb
To mean without expressing; to imply tacitly; to take for granted; to assume.
Understandverb
To stand under; to support.
Understandverb
To have the use of the intellectual faculties; to be an intelligent being.
Understandverb
To be informed; to have or receive knowledge.
Understandverb
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of;
Understandverb
perceive (an idea or situation) mentally;
Understandverb
make sense of a language;
Understandverb
believe to be the case;
Understandverb
be understanding of;
Understandverb
perceive the intended meaning of (words, a language, or a speaker)
Understandverb
perceive the significance, explanation, or cause of
Understandverb
interpret or view (something) in a particular way
Understandverb
infer something from information received (often used as a polite formula in conversation)
Understandverb
regard (a missing word, phrase, or idea) as present
Understandverb
assume to be the case; take for granted
Understandverb
be sympathetically or knowledgeably aware of the character or nature of
Overstandverb
(rare) to stand or insist too much or too long; overstay
Overstandverb
(transitive) to stand too strictly on the demands or conditions of.
Overstandverb
to sail to the mark at a wider angle than is the normal upwind angle, to go beyond the layline
Overstandverb
To be neglected and left uncut for too long.
Overstandverb
to have complete or intuitive comprehension of; to understand fully
Overstandnoun
(lutherie) The measurement between the top plate and the fingerboard where the neck meets the body of the instrument.
Overstandverb
To stand on the price or conditions of, so as to lose a sale; to lose by an extravagant price or hard conditions.
Overstandverb
To stand over (formerly especially so as to guard or intimidate); to stand higher than or above.
Overstandverb
Oxford Univ."to be overstanding for honours": to be ineligible for honours in an examination because more than the permitted number of terms (normally twelve) has elapsed since one's matriculation.
Overstandverb
Sailing. To sail past (a line or mark indicating the course of a race) by staying on a tack for too long.
Overstandverb
And without object. To understand. Now used (especially in Caribbean and African-American usage) to avoid the negative connotations of under, perceived as incompatible with the positive meaning of the verb.
Overstandverb
And without object. Contrasted with understand in other ways, as: to understand more than is necessary or desirable; to analyse excessively; to understand fully.
