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comprehensible Definition

com·pre·hen·sible (-hensə bəl)

adjective

that can be comprehended; intelligible

Etymology: L comprehensibilis

comprehensible Related Forms

com′·pre·hen′·si·bil·ity noun com′·pre·hen·sibly adverb

comprehensible Synonyms

comprehensible

modif.

comprehensible Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

make: The use of a fair amount of white space often helps to make the overall layout comprehensible.

Modifies a noun

  • manner: Due to standard Egyptian artistic convention each element of the lathe is depicted in the most comprehensible manner for the observer.
  • input: Young children learning their first language need simplified, comprehensible input.
  • explanation: This site offers a cogent and comprehensible explanation of the issue.
  • output: Comprehensible input will support pupils to deliver comprehensible output.
  • introduction: We advocate that the content of the primary curriculum is changed to enable teachers to give an exciting, comprehensible introduction.
  • survey: Put in shopping basket A comprehensible survey of European pocket watch production from its beginnings to the 1930`s.

Modifying Another Word

  • readily: Such publications are not always readily comprehensible to the applied statisticians who will be the most frequent users of the methods.
  • barely: In the instance of the Robbins problem, the computer demonstration is just barely comprehensible to humans.
  • mutually: Finally, we introduce Semantic Negotiation, a process by which two agents can negotiate a mutually comprehensible reference for an object.
  • perfectly: All perfectly comprehensible on the basis of first century rhetorical norms.
  • easily: By dividing subject areas into smaller, more manageable chunks they can become more easily comprehensible.
  • entirely: Much new information was included, not all of it entirely comprehensible.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: By dividing subject areas into smaller, more manageable chunks they can become more easily comprehensible.
  • make: How can the treaties be simplified and made more comprehensible for people to understand who does what and at what level?
  • seem: It's infuriating, as the concept seems so nearly comprehensible.
  • render: Presumably, everything has now been rendered perfectly comprehensible.
  • remain: The many night scenes are very dark but remain easily comprehensible.

Preposition: without

reference: These should be comprehensible without reference to the text.

Preposition: in

term: The point is to show that the uniqueness of consciousness is comprehensible in terms of a more general kind of emergence.