To gain a knowledge of or to perceive the meaning of some truth, including its application to life.

Lean not unto thine own understanding, Prov. 3: 5. With all thy getting get understanding, Prov. 4: 7. Jesus spoke in parables and some did not understand, Matt. 13: 12-17. The Lord opened their understanding, Luke 24: 45. If ye cannot understand these words, it will be because ye ask not, 2 Ne. 32: 4 (3 Ne. 17: 3). The records were preserved so that we might read and understand, Mosiah 1: 2-5. Because of their unbelief, they could not understand the word of God, Mosiah 26: 3. They were men of a sound understanding, Alma 17: 2-3. The word beginneth to enlighten my understanding, Alma 32: 28. Let us reason together that ye may understand, D&C 50: 10-12, 19-23. Parents must teach their children to understand, D&C 68: 25. The works and mysteries of God can only be understood by the Holy Spirit, D&C 76: 114-116. Satan seeks to turn men’s hearts from understanding, D&C 78: 10. The Light of Christ quickens our understandings, D&C 88: 11.