different between pact vs understanding

English

Etymology

From Middle French pacte, from Old French, from Latin pactum (“something agreed upon”), from paciscere (“to agree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pækt/
• Rhymes: -ækt
• Homophone: packed

Noun

pact (plural pacts)

1. An agreement; a compact; a covenant.
2. (international law) An agreement between two or more nations

Derived terms

• pactless
• sex pact
• suicide pact

Translations

Verb

pact (third-person singular simple present pacts, present participle pacting, simple past and past participle pacted)

1. (intransitive) To form a pact; to agree formally.
   • 1992, John Higley, Richard Gunther, Elites and Democratic Consolidation in Latin America and Southern Europe (page 129)

     When national elites pacted in Mexico, they pacted to the advantage of the elites as against the masses and also to the advantage of the center as against the provinces.

Further reading

• pact in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• pact in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• pact at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Capt, Capt., P.C.A.T., PCAT, PTCA, TCAP, capt

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

pact n (plural pacten, diminutive pactje n)

1. pact

Derived terms

• Warschaupact

Romanian

Etymology

From French pacte, from Latin pactum.

Noun

pact n (plural pacte)

1. pact

Declension

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