understandable

[uhn-der-stan-duh-buhl]

adjective

1. capable of being understood; understood; comprehensible.

Other Word Forms

• understandability noun
• understandably adverb
• nonunderstandable adjective
• ununderstandable adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of understandable¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English: originally, “capable of understanding”; understand + -able

Example Sentences

The animating impulse behind Proposition 50 is understandable.

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Anxiety about foreign influence and control of critical resources is understandable.

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"With rents as unaffordable as they are now, it's understandable people are looking for ways to cut the cost of living."

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In any case, increasing traffic is the understandable goal of the shop’s proprietor, Ning, who readers follow through a typical, typically long workday.

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Earlier this week, Parliament's spending watchdog, the Public Accounts Committee wrote a letter detailing the "considerable and understandable public interest in the spending of public money" relating to Andrew.

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Related Words

• acceptable 
• coherent 
• comprehensible 
• intelligible 
• justifiable 
• logical 
• reasonable 
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• simple