S: (v) intuit (know or grasp by intuition or feeling)
S: (v) digest (arrange and integrate in the mind) "I cannot digest all this information"
S: (v) sense (comprehend) "I sensed the real meaning of his letter"
S: (v) follow (grasp the meaning) "Can you follow her argument?"; "When he lectures, I cannot follow"
S: (v) catch, get (grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of) "did you catch that allusion?"; "We caught something of his theory in the lecture"; "don't catch your meaning"; "did you get it?"; "She didn't get the joke"; "I just don't get him"
S: (v) touch (comprehend) "He could not touch the meaning of the poem"
S: (v) understand, read, interpret, translate (make sense of a language) "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"
S: (v) read (to hear and understand) "I read you loud and clear!"
S: (v) interpret, construe, see (make sense of; assign a meaning to) "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"
S: (v) take, read (interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression) "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"
S: (v) read, scan (obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources) "This dictionary can be read by the computer"
S: (v) misread (read or interpret wrongly) "He misread the data"
S: (v) educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out (deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)) "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
S: (v) make out (comprehend) "I cannot make out what this politician is saying"
S: (v) solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work (find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of) "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem"
S: (v) answer, resolve (understand the meaning of) "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered"
S: (v) understand, realize, realise, see (perceive (an idea or situation) mentally) "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea"
S: (v) understand, read, interpret, translate (make sense of a language) "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"
S: (v) understand, infer (believe to be the case) "I understand you have no previous experience?"