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Plural of understanding

regular plural

The plural of understanding is understandings.

Forms of understanding

Singularunderstanding /ʌndəˈstandɪŋ/
Pluralunderstandings
Countablecountable 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

  1. noun The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.
  2. noun Reason or intelligence; ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge; ability to infer.
  3. noun Opinion, judgement, or outlook.

Full definition of understanding

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.

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