comprehensibility

noun

Definition of comprehensibilitynext
as in intelligibility

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  1. intelligibility
  2. legibility
  3. readability
Noun
  • By contrast, fashionable abstraction may refuse beauty, intelligibility, or civic meaning, yet remain thin and dependent on institutional explanation.
    — Frank Porcu, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • What that translates to for audiences is better intelligibility — words that land rather than wash — and a cleaner overall mix, because the engineer is no longer spending mental and technical energy fighting unwanted signal at the source.
    — Dave Brooks, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Definition of intelligibility
Noun
  • Public art should be evaluated for conviction, intelligence, durability, legibility, site-responsiveness, force, and relation to the public.
    — Frank Porcu, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Major software overhauls, like the polarizing Liquid Glass iOS redesign, faced sharp criticism over legibility and performance.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of legibility
Noun
  • An Advanced Grammar Checker cleans up grammar, clarity, and readability in the same workspace, turning a rough first pass into publication-ready copy without bouncing between separate apps.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2026
  • That prose was wrangled into branching interactive readability by the skilled hand of narrative lead Mallory Littleton.
    — Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026
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“Comprehensibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprehensibility. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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