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The phrase "be capable of understanding" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing someone's ability to comprehend or grasp information or concepts.
Example: "Children are often more adaptable and can be capable of understanding complex ideas if they are presented in an engaging manner."
Alternatives: "have the ability to understand" or "be able to comprehend".
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In this third category, the health care professional takes a step further and contemplates what the patient might already understand, or might be capable of understanding, as here: S6: Well, I don't know much about her actually.
Ginsberg was advised that he would not be capable of understanding the new method "until you have the necessary training".
Boas's view requires the anthropologist to be capable of understanding all factors that might influence the histories of peoples.
Few would argue with the assumption that, at that stage in their lives, they ought to be capable of understanding their actions and the consequences.
After reading this chapter, an engineer should be capable of understanding what kinds of forecasts are routinely provided, what each forecast includes and how to use them properly.
The presumption is that anyone who is capable of recognizing the rule of God in his experience in society will also be capable of understanding what the nature of his obligation will be in specific circumstances.
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Children as young as 10 or 11 are capable of understanding some of the issues.
"The clientele in New York are capable of understanding what we do," he continued.
But government physicians maintained that he was capable of understanding the case against him.
Because it – we – are capable of understanding, we can also throw off our thrown condition.
If Grayling does have one fundamentalist article of faith, it is that all of us are capable of understanding philosophy.
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