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understanding the assignment

understanding the assignment is the present participle and gerund of understand the assignment.

Meaning of understand the assignment

Verb

understand the assignment (third-person singular simple present understands the assignment, present participle understanding the assignment, simple past and past participle understood the assignment)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To excel at something; to demonstrate one's skill or talent.
    • If you’re lucky enough to have a dishwasher in your shared kitchen, then a) we’re jealous and b) it’s definitely worth picking a processor that you don’t have to wash up. This understood the assignment, and all its attachments fit in the bowl, meaning it won’t take up too much of your allotted...2021 September 15, Hannah Mendelsohn, “Make GBBO-level cakes with these 5 best food processors under £100”, in Cosmopolitan
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see understand, assignment.

Questions about understanding the assignment

What is understanding the assignment the present participle and gerund of?
Understanding the assignment is the present participle and gerund of understand the assignment.

Words near understanding the assignment in the dictionary

  1. understandest
  2. understandeth
  3. understandible
  4. understandin'
  5. understanding
  6. understanding the assignment
  7. understanding trap
  8. understandingly
  9. understandingness
  10. understandings
  11. understands

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