How do you pronounce understands?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌʌndɚstˈændz/.

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understands

/ˌʌndɚstˈændz/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

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How do you pronounce understands?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌʌndɚstˈændz/.
What does understands mean?: third-person singular simple present indicative of understand

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