comprehensible

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

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adjective

capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.

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 formscom·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, adjectivenon·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 confusedcomprehensible comprehensive

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Examples from the Web for comprehensible

Contemporary Examples

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
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
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
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
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

Historical Examples

Surely it is only the “baby-talk” of the wisdom not yet comprehensible to human hearts!
An Orkney Maid
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
That order of feeling was comprehensible enough to the most inimical of my critics.
Some Reminiscences
Joseph Conrad
This book is written in terms that are comprehensible to the layman.
A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis
Melvin Powers
To even such genuine modesty as Jim-Ed's this was comprehensible.
Earth's Enigmas
Charles G. D. Roberts
All these feelings on the part of the assimilation Jews are comprehensible.
Zionism and Anti-Semitism
Max Simon Nordau

British Dictionary definitions for comprehensible

comprehensible

adjective

capable of being comprehended

Derived Formscomprehensibility or comprehensibleness, nouncomprehensibly, adverb

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Word Origin and History for comprehensible

adj.

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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Examples from the Web for comprehensible

Contemporary Examples

If nothing else, this comprehensive and comprehensible idea could move our leaders past the present paralysis.

But they're comprehensible, and that comprehensibility is surprisingly comforting.

Most crimes are motivated by unlovely impulses that are at least comprehensible: the desire for money, sex, respect, revenge.

Also, of course, George made his money in a straightforward and comprehensible way.

Mitt needs a simpler, more down-to-earth blueprint with catchy and comprehensible elements—something like his own 9-9-9 plan.

Historical Examples

Surely it is only the “baby-talk” of the wisdom not yet comprehensible to human hearts!

That order of feeling was comprehensible enough to the most inimical of my critics.

This book is written in terms that are comprehensible to the layman.

To even such genuine modesty as Jim-Ed's this was comprehensible.

All these feelings on the part of the assimilation Jews are comprehensible.

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Word Origin and History for comprehensible

adj.

Origin of comprehensible