intelligible
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4.4
- adjective
- /ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəbl/
:
inteligible
- His speech was intelligible, making it easy for the audience to follow his ideas.
- render intelligible
- make intelligible
- become intelligible
And in Aristotle I find the first intelligible theories of mind and emotions.
- And in Aristotle I find the first intelligible theories of mind and emotions.
- Somehow she had made the world seem smaller, less threatening, more intelligible.
- That genius idea of evolution by natural selection that just made so intelligible how you could get complex organisms emerging without design.
- That's merely a set of copies of the intelligible things and world.
- We don't only inhabit the intelligible world, the realm of freedom.
- She tells us that this the experience of the man is intelligible but interrupted by blanks.
- Kaczynski I think law ought to be intelligible.
Examples
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A child acquiring speech will learn that it is advantageous to be as intelligible as possible.
Academic text (2011) -
That's an understandable, intelligible statement that has truth.
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The question is, how intelligible can Sarah Ray be at this time?
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I expect she'll get more intelligible when she answers our questions.
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Natural law theorists are interested in the intelligible reasons people have for their choices and actions.
Academic text (2008) -
During this period, Mesopotamian writing became intelligible; the language was Sumerian, an agglutinative language of unknown origin.
Academic text (1993) -
The teacher explained the lesson in a way that was intelligible to all her students.
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For the instructions to be effective, they must be intelligible and clear.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Easy to understand and not confusing
∞
1.0
Easy to see or understand
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1.0
Easy to see or understand
171
1.6
Clear and easy to see what it means or why someone feels that way
99
3.7
Something that is easy to understand and clear
75
7.2
Clear and logical speaking or writing that is easy to understand
45
3.4
A text or idea easy to understand
43
2.5
Very easy to understand or hear
27
1.0
Simple and clear so most people can know what it means quickly
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2.0
Easy to see and understand because the letters are clear
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3.7
Easy to understand
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3.1
Clear enough to read easily, like handwriting or printed text
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4.5
Clear and easy to understand language
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3.9
Easy to understand and remember
1
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
7.5
Most people can understand it easily
1
4.9
Easy to understand
Easy to understand
Clear and easy to understand speech or writing
Easy to understand
Easy to read because words use regular letter sounds
Antonyms
How Intelligible
Surface Forms
Morphology
intelligible = intellect (semi-transparent) = intellig + ible
The suffix '-ible' clearly marks 'able to be', but the stem 'intellig-' is a Latin-derived combining form (not a standalone modern English morpheme), and relation to familiar words like 'intellect'/'intelligent' may mislead learners.
Etymology
Intelligible comes from the Latin verb intelligere, which breaks into inter 'between' and legere 'to pick or read'. So, something intelligible lets you 'pick out' the meaning clearly, which is why it means clear and easy to understand.