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comprehensibility

comprehensibility

1 4.2
How easy something is for people to understand
  • noun
  • /ˌkɒmprɪhɛnˈsɪbɪlɪti/
translation icon : comprensibilidad
  • The comprehensibility of the instructions made it easy for everyone to follow the guidelines.
  • comprehensibility levels
  • the comprehensibility of texts
  • comprehensibility and intelligibility

In the end, what I decided to do was focus on their very non comprehensibility to the experts.

Examples

  • The purpose of the study is to determine the comprehensibility levels of the texts in primary school 6th grade Turkish course books.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Table 1: The comprehensibility levels of the texts in Book A

    Academic text (2010)
  • Table 4: The comprehensibility levels of the texts in BookD.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Table 3: The comprehensibility levels of the texts in BookC.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Table 2: The comprehensibility levels of the texts in BookB.

    Academic text (2010)
  • In this respect, it becomes important for the comprehensibility levels of the texts as well as their readability levels to be high.

    Academic text (2010)
  • As a result, the readability and comprehensibility of texts to be used in Turkish language education gain importance.

    Academic text (2010)
  • One of the important factors affecting the comprehensibility levels of texts is also the height of their readability levels.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Therefore, following the template provided by the software may not be sufficient to ensure the clarity and comprehensibility of the IEP document.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Comprehensibility, on the other hand, is a subjective measure that is assessed by participating domain experts.

    Academic text (2016)

Synonyms

clarity
vscomprehensibility
152 3.0

How easy it is to understand what someone says or writes

is the general quality of being easy to understand
simplicity
vscomprehensibility
63 1.7

Being easy to understand and not complicated

focuses on overall understandability rather than merely being not complicated
readability
vscomprehensibility
6 3.5

How easy text is to read and understand

refers to ease of understanding in any form, not only text
intelligibility
vscomprehensibility
1 6.5

The ease with which people understand speech or writing

covers the same ease but not limited to language forms
plainness
vscomprehensibility
1 3.7

Being clear and easy to understand

is broader, covering any kind of ease of understanding
lucidness
vscomprehensibility
4.4

A clear and easy to understand way of speaking or writing

is the overall state of being easy to understand
lucency
vscomprehensibility
8.2

How clear and easy someone's words or ideas are to understand

is the broader ease of understanding across forms and uses
pellucidity
vscomprehensibility
  • Formal
9.9

Clear speech or writing that makes ideas easy to understand

describes ease of understanding in general rather than shining clarity
perspicuousness
vscomprehensibility
  • Formal
9.9

Clear and easy to understand in writing or speech

is the more general ease of understanding beyond stylistic clarity
understandability
vscomprehensibility
3.4

How easy something is to follow and make sense of

is the basic quality of being easy to understand overall
graspability
vscomprehensibility
5.8

How easy something is to understand

is the general ease of understanding not only mental grasping
intuitiveness
vscomprehensibility
5.2

How easy something is to understand or use without help

is the general ease of understanding even with some explanation
explainability
vscomprehensibility
4.8

How easy it is for people to understand how something works

is the inherent ease of understanding without relying on explanations
interpretability
vscomprehensibility
  • Specialized
7.3

The quality of being easy to understand or explain

is the wider ease of understanding not restricted to technical fields
decipherability
vscomprehensibility
7.6

The ease of reading and understanding writing or speech

covers general ease of understanding beyond mere readable form

Antonyms

A state where something is very hard to understand

How Understandable

transparency
146 3.7
clarity
152 3.0
comprehensibility
1 4.2
confusion
389 1.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

comprehensibility = comprehensible (transparent) = comprehend + ible + ity

Standard noun formation from the adjective 'comprehensible' using '-ity' to indicate the quality or state of being understandable.

Etymology

Comprehensibility comes from the verb comprehend, made of com- ('together') and prehendere ('to grab'), and is like the common word grasp. So, comprehensibility is how easy an idea or text is to 'grab' in your mind, that is, how easy it is to understand.