Nearby Words

uncomprehensible

[kom-pri-hen-suh-buhl] Origin

com·pre·hen·si·ble

[kom-pri-hen-suh-buhl]
adjective
capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
Also, com·pre·hend·i·ble [kom-pri-hen-duh-buhl] .


Origin:
1520–30; < Latin comprehēnsibilis. See comprehension, -ible

com·pre·hen·si·bil·i·ty, com·pre·hen·si·ble·ness, noun
com·pre·hen·si·bly, adverb
in·ter·com·pre·hen·si·bil·i·ty, noun
non·com·pre·hend·i·ble, adjective
non·com·pre·hen·si·ble, adjective
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non·com·pre·hen·si·ble·ly, adverb
un·com·pre·hen·si·ble, adjective
un·com·pre·hen·si·ble·ness, noun
un·com·pre·hen·si·b·ly, adverb
COLLAPSE

comprehensible, comprehensive.
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Uncomprehensible is always a great word to know.
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Word Origin & History

comprehensible
1520s, "able to be contained," from L. comprehensibilem, from comprehensus, pp. of comphrehendere (see comprehend). Meaning "able to be understood" is from c.1600.
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