digest
verb [T] (UNDERSTAND) /daɪˈdʒest/Definition
C1 to read or hear new information and take the necessary time to understand it: This chapter is so difficult to digest, I shall have to read it again later.Understanding and comprehending
(Definition of digest verb (UNDERSTAND) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- appreciate verb (VALUE)
- appreciation noun (VALUE)
- apprehend verb (UNDERSTAND)
- apprehension noun (UNDERSTANDING)
- at your fingertips idiom
- bear in on/upon phrasal verb
- catch on phrasal verb (UNDERSTAND)
- dig verb (APPROVE)
- drift noun (MEANING)
- keep up phrasal verb
- know the score idiom
- know/see where sb is coming from idiom
- latch on phrasal verb
- make of sth/sb phrasal verb
- the scales fall from sb's eyes idiom
- tumble to sth phrasal verb
- tune in phrasal verb (UNDERSTANDING)
- tune noun (UNDERSTANDING)
- wake up to sth phrasal verb
- wise up phrasal verb
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