comprehensible
capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
Origin of comprehensible
1- Also com·pre·hend·i·ble [kom-pri-hen-duh-buhl]. /ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn də bəl/.
Other words from comprehensible
- 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
- 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·bly, adverb
Words that may be confused with comprehensible
- comprehensible , comprehensive
Words Nearby comprehensible
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How to use comprehensible in a sentence
Shells, at one time or another, seem to have represented all of these things, and Barnett’s book buzzes with histories spanning a barely comprehensible 800 million years.
Now, in a scientific milestone, researchers have tapped into the speech areas of his brain—allowing him to produce comprehensible words and sentences simply by trying to say them.
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How and why you should pause paid search (for science) | John Smith | May 28, 2021 | Search Engine LandIt’s that much of the base has, for comprehensible reasons, embraced the idea that they’re better served by fending for themselves than organizing under the umbrella of the party.
The Republican Party tries to figure out the path forward | Philip Bump | February 2, 2021 | Washington PostMore comprehensible research has shown that behavior seems to be the most important tool to cope with extreme heat in warm-blooded creatures.
Animals are finding surprising ways to adapt to rising temperatures | María Paula Rubiano A. | November 23, 2020 | Popular-Science
If nothing else, this comprehensive and comprehensible idea could move our leaders past the present paralysis.
But they're comprehensible, and that comprehensibility is surprisingly comforting.
There's Little We Can Do to Prevent Another Massacre | Megan McArdle | December 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTMost crimes are motivated by unlovely impulses that are at least comprehensible: the desire for money, sex, respect, revenge.
There's Little We Can Do to Prevent Another Massacre | Megan McArdle | December 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTGhesquière is a resolutely modern designer whose work is both comprehensible and challenging.
Balenciaga and Designer Nicolas Ghesquiere Split | Robin Givhan | November 5, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAlso, of course, George made his money in a straightforward and comprehensible way.
Now there is a cause for this, as there is no effect without a cause, a comprehensible remediable cause.
This attitude of the scientific world toward these problematical occurrences is quite comprehensible.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles MorrisIf religion was comprehensible, priests would not have so many charges here below.
Superstition In All Ages (1732) | Jean MeslierTo even such genuine modesty as Jim-Ed's this was comprehensible.
Earth's Enigmas | Charles G. D. RobertsThis historical inquiry was neither comprehensible nor interesting.
Tristram of Blent | Anthony Hope
British Dictionary definitions for comprehensible
/ (ˌkɒmprɪˈhɛnsəbəl) /
capable of being comprehended
Derived forms of comprehensible
- comprehensibility or comprehensibleness, noun
- comprehensibly, adverb
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