How do native speakers pronounce "understand" in English?

In natural English speech, "understand" appears in contexts such as: "Nothing here. Understand? Let’s go, brother.". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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How to pronounce“understand”in English

IPA/ˌʌndɚˈstænd/

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Nothing here.

Understand?

Let’s go, brother.

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Definitions of “understand”

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verb

To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.

“Can you repeat what you just said? I didn't understand.”

verb

To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.

“‘[…] I came back here, had a wank and finished that book.’ ‘The Naked Lunch?’ ‘Yeah.’ ‘What did you reckon?’ ‘Crap.’ ‘You’re just saying that because you didn’t understand it,’ said Adrian. ‘I’m just saying that because I did understand it,’ said Tom. ‘Any road up, we’d better start making some toast.[…]’”

interjection

Uh-huh, I see; a way to acknowledge something said by the other speaker.

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