comprehensible
adjective
com·pre·hen·si·ble
ˌkäm-pri-ˈhen(t)-sə-bəl 
-prē-
: capable of being comprehended : intelligible
a comprehensible explanation
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Examples of comprehensible in a Sentence
a book that makes the subject of longitude comprehensible to most laymen
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Without a single word of dialogue, the game effectively establishes an arcane world of complex machinery, archaic architecture, and barely comprehensible malevolent forces that are pulling the strings behind the scenes.
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Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2023
The threat—that even something seemingly captured on tape could be false—is immediately comprehensible, genuinely scary, and no longer hypothetical.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2024
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Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2023
The threat—that even something seemingly captured on tape could be false—is immediately comprehensible, genuinely scary, and no longer hypothetical.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2024
See all Example Sentences for comprehensible
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“Comprehensible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comprehensible. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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