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-wound, compounded, comprador, comprehend, comprehendible, 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
Related forms
Can be confusedcomprehensible comprehensive
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Examples from the Web for comprehensibly
Through an Incarnation alone can the purposes of Zeus in creation be fully and comprehensibly revealed to man.
Browning and Dogma|Ethel M. NaishMr. Durance despised them: he called them, arguing against Mr. Radnor, 'those emotional things,' not comprehensibly to Skepsey.
One of Our Conquerors, Complete|George Meredith
British Dictionary definitions for comprehensibly
comprehensible
/ (ˌkɒmprɪˈhɛnsəbəl) /
adjective
capable of being comprehended
Derived Formscomprehensibility or comprehensibleness, nouncomprehensibly, adverb
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Word Origin and History for comprehensibly
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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