comprehensible
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3.7
- adjective
- /ˌkɒmprɪˈhɛnsəbl/
:
comprensible
- Metaphors offer a way to make the educational process more concrete and comprehensible.
- make more comprehensible
- more comprehensible
- readily comprehensible
Fine, I would still think this case was extremely weak, but it would be comprehensible.
- Fine, I would still think this case was extremely weak, but it would be comprehensible.
- And somehow the geometrical abstraction and constraint would render them comprehensible.
- But the abstractions again, right, It's somewhat comprehensible and observable and feelable or whatever the right word is.
- So these place names which seem exotic and mysterious point us back to a history which is actually durable and comprehensible.
- You can see that it has outputs, it has inputs, but its internal workings are not comprehensible.
- So there's there's an answer that is more informed than comprehensible.
Examples
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The teacher explained the concept in a way that made it comprehensible to all the students.
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I think that cinema helps Shakespeare be more comprehensible.
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I did a lot of work here actually, in writing it in a comprehensible way, because it's pretty messy.
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The talking drums, too, are comprehensible only to members of the secret society.
Academic text (1993) -
You have only enough of the language to translate it at sight... into clear, comprehensible English.
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The writing style is lucid, and the language is comprehensible even to those having no experience with brass instruments.
Academic text (2011) -
And by the way, I put on the website a very comprehensible article on Einstein's contribution to the photoelectric effect.
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Collecting and organizing data: locating, selecting, and assembling information into a comprehensible pattern.
Academic text (1991) -
I felt much as I do when I’m flying upward toward the sun, transported somehow to a... simple, safe, beautiful place where everything is... comprehensible.
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The instructions were clear and comprehensible, making it easy to follow the recipe.
Synonyms
171
1.6
Clear and easy to see what it means or why someone feels that way
45
3.4
A text or idea easy to understand
8
4.4
Easy to hear and understand
7
3.8
Easy to understand
4
3.9
Easy to understand and remember
4
4.6
Something you can learn or understand
2
5.5
Something people can understand because there is a clear reason
1
4.9
Noticeable to a person, like a change or a sound
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3.8
Easy to understand or learn
1
5.7
Able to be understood or explained
1
3.7
Easy to read or understand
1
8.1
Easy to notice or understand
1
4.9
Easy to understand
1
7.5
Most people can understand it easily
Easy to understand
Easy to understand
Easy to read because words use regular letter sounds
Someone can understand or solve it if they try
Antonyms
How Understandable
Surface Forms
Morphology
comprehensible = comprehend (transparent) = comprehend + ible
The adjective is predictably formed from the verb 'comprehend' plus the adjective-forming suffix '-ible', yielding 'able to be understood'.
Etymology
Comprehensible comes from the word comprehend, which originally meant 'to grasp' something, like taking it in your hand, so you can remember it easily. So, if something is comprehensible, it can be 'grasped' by the mind and is easy to understand.