Words For Understanding

adjective Not fully or completely done

adverb In a manner that is not fully or completely done

• The experiment was deemed incompletely conducted due to missing data.
• She left the project incompletely finished and moved on to something else.
• He always does things so incompletely, it's frustrating.
• Her heart felt incompletely healed after the breakup.

verb to be fully understood or realized after a period of time

adverb used to describe the manner in which something is fully understood or realized

• It took some time for the gravity of the situation to sink in.
• I had to hear the news a few times for it to really sink in.
• When she finally realized what had happened, it really started to sink in.
• The meaning of the poem didn't sink in until I read it a second time.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea, in this case referring to 'mind' and 'something'

verb action word that shows the act of understanding or comprehending something

pronoun a word that takes the place of a noun, in this case referring to 'your'

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence, in this case 'around'

article a word that specifies a noun, in this case 'your'

• It may take some time to get your mind wrapped around the complex concept.
• I can't wrap my mind around how she manages to juggle work and school.
• I just can't get my mind around why he would do something like that.
• Try to get your mind wrapped around the fact that things will never be the same.