comprehensible
/,kɔmpri'hensəbl/
Definition
Adjective: 1. Able to be understood; intelligible: Describes something (like speech, writing, or an idea) that can be grasped by the mind or comprehended. - The teacher's explanation was clear and comprehensible to all the students.
Usage
The word "comprehensible" is used to describe information, language, or concepts that are clear enough to be understood by a specific person or group. It often implies that the listener or reader has the necessary background knowledge or context. - It is the opposite of "incomprehensible." - It is often used with the preposition "to" (comprehensible to someone).
Examples
- Adjective:
- The manual was written in simple, comprehensible language.
- For a concept to be useful, it must be comprehensible to its intended audience.
- His accent was thick, but his main point was still comprehensible.
Advanced Usage
- "mutually comprehensible": Refers to languages or dialects that speakers of each can understand, at least in part.
- Danish and Swedish are largely mutually comprehensible languages.
- "readily comprehensible": Easily and quickly understood.
- The diagram made the complex process readily comprehensible.
Variants and Related Words
- Comprehend (verb): To understand something fully.
- She could not comprehend the advanced physics lecture.
- Comprehension (noun): The ability to understand something.
- The test measures reading comprehension.
- Comprehensibility (noun): The quality of being comprehensible.
- The comprehensibility of the legal document was very low.
Synonyms
- Understandable: Capable of being understood.
- Intelligible: Able to be understood, especially in terms of clarity of meaning.
- Clear: Easy to perceive, understand, or interpret.
- Accessible: (Of information) Easy to understand or appreciate.
Antonyms
- Incomprehensible: Impossible to understand.
- Unintelligible: Impossible to understand, often due to being garbled or obscure.
- Confusing: Causing a lack of understanding; bewildering.
Adjective
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capable of being comprehended or understood
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an idea comprehensible to the average mind
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