Definitions for understandableˌʌn dərˈstæn də bəl

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•der•stand•a•bleˌʌn dərˈstæn də bəl(adj.)

  1. capable of being understood; comprehensible.

Origin of understandable:

1350–1400

un`der•stand′a•bly(adv.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. apprehensible, intelligible, graspable, perceivable, understandable(adj)

    capable of being apprehended or understood

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. understandable(adjective)ˌʌn dərˈstæn də bəl

    easy to understand; = reasonable

    It's understandable that you're afraid.

  2. understandableˌʌn dərˈstæn də bəl

    able to be understood

    He spoke with an accent that was barely understandable.

Wiktionary

  1. understandable(Adjective)

    Capable of being understood; comprehensible

  2. understandable(Adjective)

    Capable of being accepted or excused under the circumstances

Webster Dictionary

  1. Understandable(adj)

    capable of being understood; intelligible


Translations for understandable

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

understandable(adjective)

that can be understood

His anger is quite understandable.

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