intelligibility
Americannoun
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intelligibilities
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the quality or condition of being intelligible; capability of being understood.
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something intelligible.
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Etymology
Origin of intelligibility
First recorded in 1600–10; intelligible + -ity
Example Sentences
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Lang also insists upon amplification, which can or cannot enhance the intelligibility of text.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025
She could identify that it's not just the jackhammer per se, but it's when someone is whispering something just outside a range of intelligibility.
From Salon ● May 29, 2022
Proponents of performing opera in English translation — in English-speaking countries, of course — say that intelligibility is their goal.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2021
But like most palindromes, Tenet prizes reversibility over intelligibility: The point of “Able was I ere I saw Elba” is that it reads the same both ways, not that it teaches you anything.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2020
Consequent love of order, light, intelligibility, and symmetry, leading to dislike of the wildness, darkness, and mystery of nature.
From Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things by John Ruskin
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