Plural of understanding
regular plural
The plural of understanding is understandings.
Forms of understanding
| Singular | understanding /ʌndəˈstandɪŋ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | understandings |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Understandings in a sentence
- It is the goneness of the Holocaust that produces the simultaneous profusion of discourses and understandings; the goneness is what opens up, what spurs, what unleashes the perpetual desire to do, to make, to rethink the Holocaust.1999, Vivian Patraka, Spectacular Suffering: Theatre, Fascism, and the Holocaust
- There is a multitude of theisms, many understandings of God, even within the same religious tradition.2002, Ross Mackenzie, Marcus J. Borg, editors, God at 2000, page 48
- Neuroqueer perspectives challenge typical understandings of identity categories through disidentification processes.2019 February, Justine E. Enger, “'The Disability Rights Community Was Never Mine': Neuroqueer Disidentification”, in Gender & Society…. From the entry neuroqueer
- Each wave threatened settled foundations, often washing away old understandings and leaving only contested socialscapes.2012, Thomas J. Davis, Plessy v. Ferguson. From the entry socialscape
- I call it "monking," because you can become so inspired, with revelations and understandings.2001, Kevin Everod Quashie, R. Joyce Lausch, Keith D. Miller, New Bones: Contemporary Black Writers in America, page 482. From the entry monk
Meaning of understanding
- noun The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.
- noun Reason or intelligence; ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge; ability to infer.
- noun Opinion, judgement, or outlook.
Questions about the plural of understanding
- What is the plural of understanding?
- The plural of understanding is understandings.
- Is understanding countable?
- Understanding is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: understanding (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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