understandable

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un·der·stand·a·ble

   [uhn-der-stan-duh-buhl]
adjective
capable of being understood; comprehensible.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English: orig., capable of understanding; see understand, -able

Related forms
un·der·stand·a·bil·i·ty, noun
un·der·stand·a·bly, adverb
non·un·der·stand·a·ble, adjective
un·un·der·stand·a·ble, adjective
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understand (ˌʌndəˈstænd)
 
—vb , -stands, -standing, -stood
1.  (may take a clause as object) to know and comprehend the nature or meaning of: I understand you; I understand what you mean
2.  (may take a clause as object) to realize or grasp (something): he understands your position
3.  (tr; may take a clause as object) to assume, infer, or believe: I understand you are thinking of marrying
4.  (tr) to know how to translate or read: can you understand Spanish?
5.  (tr; may take a clause as object; often passive) to accept as a condition or proviso: it is understood that children must be kept quiet
6.  (tr) to be sympathetic to or compatible with: we understand each other
 
[Old English understandan; related to Old Frisian understonda, Middle High German understān step under; see under, stand]
 
under'standable
 
—adj
 
under'standably
 
—adv

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