comprehensible

adjective com·pre·hen·si·ble \ ˌkäm-pri-ˈhen(t)-sə-bəl , -prē- \

|Updated on: 8 Aug 2018

Examples: comprehensible in a Sentence

Definition of comprehensible

: capable of being comprehended : intelligible

a comprehensible explanation

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comprehensibility

play \ˌkäm-pri-ˌhen(t)-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē, -prē-\ noun

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comprehensibleness

play \ˌkäm-pri-ˈhen(t)-sə-bəl-nəs, -prē-\ noun

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comprehensibly

play \ˌkäm-pri-ˈhen(t)-sə-blē, -prē-\ adverb

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Examples of comprehensible in a Sentence

a book that makes the subject of longitude comprehensible to most laymen

Recent Examples of comprehensible from the Web

Why aren’t colleges sending out more comprehensible letters?

— adam harris, The Atlantic, "The Confusing Information Colleges Provide Students About Financial Aid," 6 June 2018
Some of the posters are easily comprehensible, but others need a little explanation.

— New York Times, "Printing a Revolution: The Posters of Paris ’68," 4 May 2018
People misunderstand that vegan patties and hot dogs are branded like that to be comprehensible as a product.

— emily dreyfuss, WIRED, "In Defense of the Vegan Hot Dog," 4 July 2018
This season the designer eschewed the buzz of instantly comprehensible graphics or silhouettes for a palette pulled from Yves Saint Laurent.

— steff yotka, Vogue, "The Spring 2019 Men’s Trend Report," 27 June 2018
There is a schism among metal singers over whether to enunciate well enough to make lyrics comprehensible.

— james r. hagerty, WSJ, "Screeching in a Metal Band Takes Lozenges, Tea and a Patient Vocal Coach," 18 May 2018
But China is perhaps too distant, both geographically and culturally, to serve as a readily comprehensible antagonist.

— peter slezkine, The New Republic, "What Happened to the “Free World”?," 22 May 2018
This is another of the main purposes of poetry: to make experience visible if not comprehensible or less painful.

— craig morgan teicher, latimes.com, "Poet Li-Young Lee articulates life’s interminable uncertainties," 30 Mar. 2018
If Trump had chosen to violate that norm and fire Comey (or ask him to resign) during the lame-duck period, that would have been a controversial move but at least a comprehensible one.

— matthew yglesias, Vox, "The simplest, most important question the Trump administration can’t answer," 4 May 2018

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