Words similar to understand

Example sentences for: understand

How can you use “understand” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

But I can't understand encouraging others to be selfish, which is the entire purpose of organizations like Zero Population Growth.
Nelson Rockefeller was born into a family of such wealth, power, and influence that it's hard to understand how he could have been so perennially eager to please.
This is easy for people to understand, but it's not comprehensive.
But even a great genius like Marx whose head weighed more than 350 pounds and had to be braced up with a special cast iron frame, even he can't understand why love is a crime, the sort of crime spelled out in a restraining order from some judge (NEEDS HIS GODDAMNED HEAD EXAMINED!
Well, when we say "complete" we should add that--strictly for the convenience of our readers, you understand, who will be busy roasting turkeys, fighting with relatives, etc.--the next two issues will be just slightly less overloaded than usual with journalistic riches.