comprehensibility

noun

Definition of comprehensibilitynext
as in intelligibility

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  1. intelligibility
  2. legibility
  3. readability
Noun
  • 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
  • If wrestling is so watchable thanks to its intelligibility—every appearance, utterance, and movement is so extreme that the point of the story cannot be misinterpreted—then the same can be said of many scenarios in KUWTK.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
Definition of intelligibility
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  • That’s appreciable, and propelling this Winter’s Tale’s legibility is a cast full of undeniably excellent actors.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Just below, the most ambiguous passage of the work refuses legibility altogether, blending the whites and grays of the child’s shirt with the tones of her fingers and the blue fabric of the chair behind them.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of legibility
Noun
  • At Google, code approval was gated on readability, because code is how knowledge moves between engineers.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • It is also designed to improve readability.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 19 June 2026
Definition of readability
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“Comprehensibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprehensibility. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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