intelligible
adjective/ɪnˈtelɪdʒəbl/
/ɪnˈtelɪdʒəbl/
- intelligible (to somebody) that can be easily understood synonym understandable
- His lecture was readily intelligible to all the students.
- The child’s speech was barely intelligible.
Extra Examples- His reply was barely intelligible.
- She found his motives perfectly intelligible.
- They do their best to make science intelligible to young children.
- We need an explanation that is readily intelligible to ordinary people.
- It's unlikely that their answer will be intelligible to her.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- make something
- …
- fully
- perfectly
- easily
- …
- to
Word Originlate Middle English (also in the sense ‘capable of understanding’): from Latin intelligibilis, from intelligere ‘understand’, from inter ‘between’ + legere ‘choose’.
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