comprehensible
[ kom-pri-hen-suh-buh l ]
/ ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn sə bəl /
adjective
capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
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RELATED WORDS
explicit, coherent, intelligible, comprehendible, clear, conceivable, knowable, lucid, luminous, plain, fathomable, apprehensible, graspable
Nearby words
- compound-wound,
- compounded,
- comprador,
- comprehend,
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- 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
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comprehensible
/ (ˌkɒmprɪˈhɛnsəbəl) /
adjective
capable of being comprehended
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comprehensible
1520s, "able to be contained," from Latin comprehensibilis, from comprehensus, past participle of comphrehendere (see comprehend). Meaning "able to be understood" is from c.1600. Related: Comprehensibly; comprehensibility.
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