graspable
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3.8
- adjective
- /ˈɡræspəbl/
:
comprensible
- It's understandable that graphic artists want to devise the best possible image they can, but a persuasive, easily graspable representation of the cause often has more utility.
And then scientists are so good at coming up with metaphors to try and make their highly complex work graspable.
- And then scientists are so good at coming up with metaphors to try and make their highly complex work graspable.
- That I'm trying to to at this presented a little bit graspable to you.
- And what it makes things graspable are all magical lies.
Examples
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Through his writing and lectures, Said had the ability to make the most complex worldly and historical processes so simple and graspable, without ever reducing their sophistication or producing new orthodoxies that could somehow explain and comprehend everything.
Academic text (2004) -
It's intuitive and it is easily graspable by people who are not self identified quants.
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The role of creative director is truly an obscure one, and this article made it graspable for me.
Blog text (1) -
I would prefer a better balance of symbolism and a graspable storyline.
Blog text (20) -
The teacher explained the complex theory in a way that made it graspable for all the students.
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She used simple diagrams to make her presentation graspable for everyone attending.
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The author wrote the book in an engaging style that made the subject matter graspable even for beginners.
Synonyms
171
1.6
Clear and easy to see what it means or why someone feels that way
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3.4
A text or idea easy to understand
11
3.7
Easy to understand
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4.4
Easy to hear and understand
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3.9
Easy to understand and remember
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4.6
Something you can learn or understand
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5.7
Able to be understood or explained
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3.7
Easy to read or understand
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3.7
An item that a scanner or person can read quickly
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7.5
Most people can understand it easily
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4.9
Easy to understand
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6.0
Easy to read and understand for a person or a computer
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
Etymology
Graspable comes from the simple verb grasp meaning 'to hold' plus the ending -able meaning 'can be'. Think of an idea you can hold in your hand: if you can 'grasp' it, you can understand it, so graspable means something you can understand.