comprehensible
capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
Origin of comprehensible
1- Also com·pre·hend·i·ble [kom-pri-hen-duh-buhl]. /ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn də bəl/.
Other words from comprehensible
- com·pre·hen·si·bil·i·ty, com·pre·hen·si·ble·ness, noun
- com·pre·hen·si·bly, adverb
- in·ter·com·pre·hen·si·bil·i·ty, noun
- non·com·pre·hend·i·ble, adjective
- non·com·pre·hen·si·ble, adjective
- non·com·pre·hen·si·ble·ly, adverb
- un·com·pre·hen·si·ble, adjective
- un·com·pre·hen·si·ble·ness, noun
- un·com·pre·hen·si·bly, adverb
Words that may be confused with comprehensible
- comprehensible , comprehensive
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How to use comprehensible in a sentence
Chummy shook his head resolutely, and made himself comprehensibly mysterious.
The Amazing Marriage, Complete | George MeredithThrough an Incarnation alone can the purposes of Zeus in creation be fully and comprehensibly revealed to man.
Browning and Dogma | Ethel M. NaishQuite naturally, quite comprehensibly, the great genius Priam Farll wished to pass the remainder of his career as a humble valet.
Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days | Arnold BennettThe next few days went strangely, and not altogether comprehensibly.
The Daughters of Danaus | Mona CairdA teacher was appointed for me, whose instruction enabled me in a half year to speak very comprehensibly.
Niels Klim's journey under the ground | Baron Ludvig Holberg
British Dictionary definitions for comprehensible
/ (ˌkɒmprɪˈhɛnsəbəl) /
capable of being comprehended
Derived forms of comprehensible
- comprehensibility or comprehensibleness, noun
- comprehensibly, adverb
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