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comprehensible definition

com·pre·hen·sible (-hensə bəl)

adjective

that can be comprehended; intelligible

Etymology: L comprehensibilis

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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.

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.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: By dividing subject areas into smaller, more manageable chunks they can become more 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.
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comprehensible quotes

The most incomprehensiblething abouttheworld isthat it is comprehensible.

-Einstein, Albert

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