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intelligible Definition

in·tel·li·gible (in teli jə bəl)

adjective

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

Etymology: ME < L intelligibilis < intelligere: see intellect

intelligible Related Forms
in·tel′·li·gibil·ity noun in·tel·li·gibly adverb
intelligible Synonyms

intelligible

modif.

intelligible Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • render: Professor Hoppen has rendered an older complex historiography more intelligible.
  • make: They contain information rather than advice, to make complex health problems more intelligible.

Modifies a noun

  • language: He showed us his company's policy booklet, which sets out the extent of the cover provided in simple, intelligible language.
  • speech: By proper choice of pulse characteristics, intelligible speech may be created " quotes the report.
  • extension: Without sensations, however, intelligible extension is not up to the task of representing particular bodies.
  • species: Phantasms do not, however, become irrelevant once the intelligible species has been abstracted.
  • explanation: Next, an intelligible explanation of what the patient does have is required.
  • manner: You need to persuade the reader that you understand the process of research and that you can present this in a clear intelligible manner.

Modifying Another Word

  • mutually: This language is not mutually intelligible with any form of English.
  • scarcely: And if the inspired apostle did not cherish that belief, his language to the Corinthians and Philippians seems scarcely intelligible.
  • readily: The latter's position in refusing to divulge the information to the claimant is readily intelligible on its face.
  • perfectly: There is no merit in following a poem which is perfectly intelligible.
  • barely: I fear my letter will be barely intelligible to you.
  • immediately: Tho not immediately intelligible this could be reflect the corner of the original south chancel before its northern counterpart was added.

Used with adjective complement

  • render: On what doctrine of man or theory of consciousness can we render intelligible the notion of an afterlife in heaven?
  • seem: It made railroad station announcements seem intelligible by comparison!
  • become: And the scientific meaning of Death now becomes clearly intelligible.
  • make: The object or the material pursued must be made intelligible in the terms of the culture under study.

Preposition: without

  • reference: Tables These should be intelligible without reference to the text.

Preposition: in

  • term: The object or the material pursued must be made intelligible in the terms of the culture under study.