graspable

/'grɑ:spəbl/

Thân thiện

The concept of democracy is graspable even for young students.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Capable of being apprehended or understood: Describes something that can be comprehended, perceived, or mentally grasped. It often refers to concepts, ideas, or information that are clear and within one's intellectual reach.
   • Capable of being grasped physically: While less common, it can also describe something tangible that can be physically held or seized.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The teacher presented the complex theory in a graspable way for the beginners. (The teacher made the theory understandable for beginners.)
  • The report's conclusions were not immediately graspable; I had to read it twice. (The report's conclusions were not immediately understandable.)
  • The concept of infinity is abstract and not easily graspable. (The concept of infinity is not easily comprehensible.)

Advanced Usage

• Used in formal or academic contexts: "Graspable" is often used in discussions about knowledge, learning, and communication to describe the accessibility of an idea.
  • The philosopher aimed to make his dense arguments more graspable for a general audience.
• Contrast with the intangible: It can be used to highlight when an abstract idea becomes clear or concrete.
  • Her analogy made the legal principle suddenly graspable.

Variants and Related Words

• Grasp (verb): To seize and hold firmly; to comprehend intellectually.
  • He could not grasp the full implications of the discovery.
• Grasp (noun): A firm hold; understanding.
  • She has a good grasp of the subject.
• Ungraspable (adjective): Incapable of being grasped or understood.
  • The sheer scale of the universe is ungraspable.

Synonyms

• Comprehensible: Able to be understood.
• Apprehensible: Capable of being understood or perceived.
• Intelligible: Able to be understood; clear.
• Accessible: (Of information) easy to understand or obtain.

Antonyms

• Incomprehensible: Impossible to understand.
• Ungraspable: Not able to be grasped or understood.
• Unfathomable: Incapable of being fully explored or understood.

Related Phrases

• Within one's grasp: Figuratively, within one's ability to understand or achieve.
  • Success was finally within her grasp.
• Grasp the concept: To understand an idea.
  • After the tutorial, I was able to grasp the concept fully.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. capable of being apprehended or understood

Từ đồng nghĩa

• apprehensible
• intelligible
• perceivable
• understandable