legible
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3.1
- adjective
- /ˈlɛdʒəbl/
:
legible
- Please make sure your handwriting is legible so that everyone can read it clearly.
- easily legible
- highly legible
- fully legible
Even more vexing, there wasn't a single legible image of the driver.
- Even more vexing, there wasn't a single legible image of the driver.
- By contrast, to Chinese readers, the characters might seem legible at first glance, but they are in fact indecipherable.
- OK, OK, it was it was legible after afterwards.
- The human catastrophe that Orient's my reflections this afternoon is thus legible in geological time.
Examples
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Use an easily legible sans serif font such as Gill Sans, Lucida Sans, or Trebuchet MS.
Academic text (2012) -
So if anyone would like to be considered, please state your reasons in a clear, legible hand and return them to me.
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And so making the text legible in a good size is important.
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And, please, can you try to make it remotely legible?
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Please make sure your handwriting is legible.
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In all cases, your submission must be legible, logical, and responsive.
Academic text (2012) -
It is essential that the instructions are printed in a legible font for all users to understand.
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When filling out the form, write in a legible manner to avoid any confusion.
Synonyms
171
1.6
Clear and easy to see what it means or why someone feels that way
29
5.5
Something that is easy to see or notice
26
2.0
Easy to see and understand because the letters are clear
11
3.7
Easy to understand
8
4.4
Easy to hear and understand
1
3.7
Easy to read or understand
1
7.5
Most people can understand it easily
Easy to read because words use regular letter sounds
Easy to understand
Antonyms
Compounds
How Legible
Surface Forms
Morphology
legible = leg + ible
The root 'leg-' is a bound Latin combining form meaning 'read' and is not a standalone English word, so learners cannot transparently derive the meaning from familiar English components.
Etymology
Legible comes from the old Latin root legere, which means 'to read'. It shares this root with familiar words like lecture and legend, so legible simply means 'able to be read' or clear enough to read.