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The definition of intelligible is something that makes sense and that can be understood.

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Simple and easy step-by-step instructions to help you use a new electronic product are an example of something that would be described as intelligible.

See intelligible in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

that can be understood; clear; comprehensible
understandable by the intellect only, not by the senses

Origin: ME < L intelligibilis < intelligere: see intellect

Related Forms:

intelligibility noun
intelligibly adverb

See intelligible in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Capable of being understood: an intelligible set of directions.
Capable of being apprehended by the intellect alone.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin intellegibilis, intelligibilis

Origin: , from intellegere, to perceive; see intelligent

Related Forms:

in·telˌli·gi·bilˈi·ty, in·telˈli·gi·ble·ness noun

in·telˈli·gi·bly adverb

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