"afford understanding" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is usually used when talking about how certain experiences can give us a better understanding of certain things. For example, "Traveling to different countries has afforded me a greater understanding of different cultures."
It afforded me understanding and compassion firstly for myself and then for others in my life for whom I had carried resentment.
We need more engineers to bring about tomorrow, and the next generation can't afford that understanding to vanish into thin air.
The Financial Issues-Part 1, Mortgages: How Much Can You Afford?" and "Understanding the Mortgage Payment Structure").. –Mortgage and Marriage: By prematurely or excessively falling into these dual money traps, you can potentially endanger your prospects of future financial security.
A process simulator was developed to afford better understanding of the performance of the isobutane butene alkylation plant that uses a three-phase spouted bed-reactor hydrocyclon and a super acid solid catalyst.
Consequently in many technological applications mixtures of various surface-active structures are preferred and the interactions between them afford an understanding of the role of each individual structure and make possible their selection in a rational systematic manner for the optimization of the colloidal properties.
Our studies of step-wise induction of TET resistance, by gradual exposure of E. coli K-12 wild-type to TET, may afford an understanding of the genetic regulation of MDR efflux pumps, their interplay, and relationship to the permeability barrier, all of which are involved during the TET resistance induction process [5].
This information will afford more understanding of the biology of Mycobacterium.
This could be expanded to provide reasons for the slow development of this disorder, and afford some understanding of its disease mechanism.
In parallel, efforts are needed to engage consumers in a conversation about the importance of sharing information in a comprehensive fashion to afford better understanding of a given patient and population.
Narratives thus afford possibilities of understanding the past [ 22].
