Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reunderstand

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-un-der-stand
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To reach a new or renewed understanding.

Example Sentences

"A large part of the weekend service is designed to help people reunderstand who God is."
"But as I came to know each of them in the confines of this room, I began to reunderstand that each man's humanity and capacity to love expresses itself in different forms."
"It seemed to me like I either had to radically reunderstand the men on this hilltop or I had to acknowledge the power of a place like this to change men."

Etymology

From re- + understand.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: re

Inflected Forms

reunderstands (present, singular) reunderstanding (participle, present) reunderstood (participle, past) reunderstood (past)

Questions

What does reunderstand mean?: To reach a new or renewed understanding.
Where does reunderstand come from?: From re- + understand.

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