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intelligibility

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in⋅tel⋅li⋅gi⋅bil⋅i⋅ty

  [in-tel-i-juh-bil-i-tee]
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–noun, plural -ties for 2.
1. the quality or condition of being intelligible; capability of being understood.
2. something intelligible.
Origin:
1600–10; intelligible + -ity
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in·tel·li·gi·ble   (ĭn-těl'ĭ-jə-bəl)   
adj.  

  1. Capable of being understood: an intelligible set of directions.

  2. Capable of being apprehended by the intellect alone.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin intellegibilis, intelligibilis, from intellegere, to perceive; see intelligent.]
in·tel'li·gi·bil'i·ty, in·tel'li·gi·ble·ness n., in·tel'li·gi·bly adv.
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