does that make sense?
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Ask whether the other person understood your explanation.
Does that make sense so far?
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How to say "Checking understanding" in English
Good communication has little checkpoints. This is how you check without sounding like a teacher with a red pen.
does that make sense?
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The safest default: natural, clear, and easy to adapt.
A: So we invoice first, then ship. Does that make sense?
B: Yes, got it.
Skip: "I want to say checking understanding" — This describes your search, not what you'd say to a person.
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Checking understandingWhat do you mean?
are we on the same page?
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Check whether everyone understands or agrees.
Are we on the same page about the timeline?
is that clear?
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Useful, but can sound a little teacherly.
Is that clear enough?
do you see what I mean?
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Check whether they follow your point.
Do you see what I mean?
just to be clear
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Introduce a clarification.
Just to be clear, we're not canceling.
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does that make sense?
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are we on the same page?
Good for people.
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is that clear?
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does that make sense?.
Simple and natural.Does that make sense? here, so I'll be careful with the next step.
Work-safe version.I'm sorry, but does that make sense?.
Adds a softener.does that make sense? tbh
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