graspable
/'grɑ:spəbl/
Definition
- 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.
Adjective
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capable of being apprehended or understood
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