different between understanding vs misregard

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?nd??stand??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??nd??stænd??/
• Rhymes: -ænd??
• Hyphenation: un?der?stand?ing

Noun

understanding (countable and uncountable, plural understandings) (with of, but with for in sense of "sympathy")

1. (gerund, uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; comprehension; knowledge; discernment.
2. (countable) Reason or intelligence, ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer.
3. (countable) Opinion, judgement or outlook.

4. (countable) An agreement of minds; harmony; something mutually understood or agreed upon.
   1. An informal contract; mutual agreement.

   2. A reconciliation of differences.

5. (uncountable) Sympathy.

Derived terms

• peace that passeth understanding

Translations

See also

• intellection

Adjective

understanding (comparative more understanding, superlative most understanding)

1. Showing compassion.
2. (dated) Knowing; skilful.

Translations

Verb

understanding

1. present participle of understand

English

Etymology

From mis- +? regard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?s??????(?)d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d

Noun

misregard (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Wrong understanding; misconstruction.
2. Disregard; failure to heed or consider; contempt; neglect.
   • 1801, Bannatyne Club, Publications - Volume 93, Issue 1 - Page 297:

     As to the duke's misregard of her offer, they did remit the truth of that to the report of the persons employed by herself.

   • 1988, Harry Berger, Revisionary Play:

     […] poem does a turnabout as the narrator justifies that "misregard" by telling the golden-age story from the Censor's standpoint: […]

Derived terms

• misregardful

Verb

misregard (third-person singular simple present misregards, present participle misregarding, simple past and past participle misregarded)

1. (transitive) To disregard; fail to heed; ignore; neglect.

Synonyms

• misheed; see also Thesaurus:fail to notice or Thesaurus:ignore

Derived terms

• misregarder