Dictionary Definition
understand
Verb
1 know and comprehend the nature or meaning of;
"She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she
means"
2 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" [syn:
realize, realise, see]
3 make sense of a language; "She understands
French"; "Can you read Greek?" [syn: read, interpret, translate]
4 believe to be the case; "I understand you have
no previous experience?" [syn: infer]
5 be understanding of; "You don't need to
explain--I understand!" [syn: sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise] [also: understood]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- , /ˌʌn.də(r)ˈstænd/, /%Vnd@(r)"st
Extensive Definition
Understand is a commercial
static
code analysis software tool produced by SciTools. It is
primarily used to reverse engineer, automatically document, and
calculate code metrics
for projects with large code-bases.
Understand works through an
IDE designed to help maintain and understand old and new code
using detailed cross references and a variety of graphical
views.
Understand parses Ada 83, Ada
95, FORTRAN
77, FORTRAN 90, FORTRAN 95, Jovial, K&R
C,
ANSI C and C++,
Delphi,
and Java source
code. Versions of Understand are provided for Windows, Linux,
Solaris, HP-UX and SGI IRIX.
In Sept 2007 Lattix announced the latest version of
their Matrix software would integrate with Understand.
See also
List of tools for static code analysisExternal links
- Company Website - www.scitools.com
- Download Trial Version - www.getUnderstand.com
References
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
absorb, accept, agree, allow, appreciate, apprehend, arrange, assimilate, assume, be acquainted with, be
afraid, be apprised of, be aware of, be cognizant of, be conscious
of, be conversant with, be informed, be with one, believe, catch, catch on, catch on to,
cognize, comprehend, conceit, conceive, conceptualize, conclude, conjecture, consider, construe, covenant, daresay, deduce, deem, define, describe, diagnose, dig, digest, discern, divine, dream, empathize with, expect, fancy, fathom, feel, follow, forgive, gather, get, get hold of, get it, get the
drift, get the idea, get the picture, get wind of, grant, grasp, have, have information about, have
it taped, have knowledge of, hear of, imagine, infer, interpret, ken, know, learn, let, let be, make out, master, opine, penetrate, perceive, perfume, possess, prefigure, prehend, presume, presuppose, presurmise, provisionally
accept, read, read into,
realize, reckon, recognize, repute, savvy, say, see, seize, seize the meaning, sense, suppose, surmise, suspect, sympathize with,
take, take cognizance of,
take for, take for granted, take in, take it, take it that, take to
be, take to mean, think,
tolerate, tumble to,
twig, understand by,
view, wit, wot, wot of