comprehensible

[ kom-pri-hen-suh-buh l ]

/ ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn sə bəl /

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adjective

capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.

Nearby words

compound-complex sentence, compound-wound, compounded, comprador, comprehend, comprehensible, comprehension, comprehensive, comprehensive school, comprehensively, compress

Also com·pre·hend·i·ble

[kom-pri-hen-duh-buh l] /ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn də bəl/.

Origin of comprehensible

From the Latin word comprehēnsibilis, dating back to 1520–30. See comprehension, -ible

Related forms

com·pre·hen·si·bil·i·ty, com·pre·hen·si·ble·ness, nouncom·pre·hen·si·bly, adverbin·ter·com·pre·hen·si·bil·i·ty, nounnon·com·pre·hend·i·ble, adjective

non·com·pre·hen·si·ble, adjectivenon·com·pre·hen·si·ble·ly, adverbun·com·pre·hen·si·ble, adjectiveun·com·pre·hen·si·ble·ness, nounun·com·pre·hen·si·bly, adverb

Can be confused

comprehensible comprehensive

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Examples from the Web for comprehensible

If nothing else, this comprehensive and comprehensible idea could move our leaders past the present paralysis.
The 2 Cent Budget Fix|Michael Medved|January 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But they're comprehensible, and that comprehensibility is surprisingly comforting.
There's Little We Can Do to Prevent Another Massacre|Megan McArdle|December 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Most crimes are motivated by unlovely impulses that are at least comprehensible: the desire for money, sex, respect, revenge.
There's Little We Can Do to Prevent Another Massacre|Megan McArdle|December 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Also, of course, George made his money in a straightforward and comprehensible way.
The Apple That Fell Far From the Tree|Michael Tomasky|July 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Mitt needs a simpler, more down-to-earth blueprint with catchy and comprehensible elements—something like his own 9-9-9 plan.
Mitt Romney Should Learn a Lesson from Teddy Kennedy|Michael Medved|February 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He set up a new authority against an old authority; but He set it up with positive commandments and a comprehensible scheme.
Eugenics and Other Evils|G. K. Chesterton
But to his friends his mastery of the English tongue in such circumstances is comprehensible.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
The appeal was comprehensible, and the charioteer, assiduously obliging, fell to posture of checking none too volant steeds.
The So-called Human Race|Bert Leston Taylor
He was very fond of the Leyburn girls, but music seemed to him, good man, one of the least comprehensible of human pleasures.
Robert Elsmere|Mrs. Humphry Ward
In this way he explained various laws, and rendered them comprehensible, when they seemed obscure or in any way extraordinary.
History of the Jews, Vol. II (of 6)|Heinrich Graetz

British Dictionary definitions for comprehensible

comprehensible

/ (ˌkɒmprɪˈhɛnsəbəl) /

adjective

capable of being comprehended

Derived Forms

comprehensibility or comprehensibleness, nouncomprehensibly, adverb

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