as in understandable
capable of being understood
speculation on the odds that a communication from a far-off planet would be intelligible
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Recent Examples of intelligible
The story is actually intelligible this time around, but while the mecha designs look wonderful, the characters definitely needed more work.
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Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
These observations are premised solely for the purpose of rendering more intelligible those which apply more directly to the particular case under consideration.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 29 July 2025
The resulting voice was often intelligible, but not consistently so.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 June 2025
Many recipients become adept at interpreting the electrodes’ signals as intelligible sounds, especially if the implantation is done in infancy, but others struggle.
—David Owen, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
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Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
These observations are premised solely for the purpose of rendering more intelligible those which apply more directly to the particular case under consideration.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 29 July 2025
The resulting voice was often intelligible, but not consistently so.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 June 2025
Many recipients become adept at interpreting the electrodes’ signals as intelligible sounds, especially if the implantation is done in infancy, but others struggle.
—David Owen, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intelligible
Adjective
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Still not quite right, though understandable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Feelings of frustration over another potentially good, yet not great, season are understandable.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But many voters seemed to appreciate Mamdani’s acknowledging the challenges of living there, plus his upbeat, accessible timbre of the campaign.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Their do-it-yourself culture, supported by tech like 3D printing, accessible electronics, and online tutorials, has successfully democratized small-scale aviation.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The idea is to make worker feedback less intimidating for companies by turning it into easily comprehensible data and action items.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Aug. 2025
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In the lab, Goldie’s thoughts circled and surrounded the minutiae of analysis and computation, sorted microscopic comparisons, developed overviews that laid out sequences and processes logically and accurately in theories not otherwise comprehensible.—
Annie Proulx,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Intelligible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intelligible. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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