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Definitions for comprehensible
ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn sə bəlcom·pre·hen·si·ble

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. comprehensible, comprehendibleadjective

    capable of being comprehended or understood

    "an idea comprehensible to the average mind"

Wiktionary

  1. comprehensibleadjective

    able to be comprehended

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Comprehensibleadjective

    Intelligible; attainable by the mind; conceiveable by the understanding.

    Etymology: comprehensible, Fren. comprehensibilis, Lat.

    The horizon sets the bounds between the enlightened and dark parts of things, between what is and what is not comprehensible by us. John Locke.

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  1. comprehensible

    Comprehensible refers to something that is able to be understood or grasped mentally; clear and easy to understand. It can apply to language, text, concepts, behavior, or processes.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Comprehensibleadjective

    capable of being comprehended, included, or comprised

  2. Comprehensibleadjective

    capable of being understood; intelligible; conceivable by the mind

  3. Etymology: [L. comprehensibilis: cf. F. comprehensible.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of comprehensible in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of comprehensible in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of comprehensible in a Sentence

  1. Lea Tarnowski:

    It's beyond comprehensible how he does it.

  2. Heiko Maas:

    The decision of the High Election Board to annul the local election in Istanbul and order a re-run is in our view not transparent and not comprehensible.

  3. French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron:

    So it is neither comprehensible nor acceptable that Mr Combes has decided today to leave the company when the transaction hasn't even been completed, both morally and in terms of the proper functioning of the company.

  4. Albert Einstein:

    Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone.

  5. French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron:

    It's not normal that a big company boss is the first to jump ship. Mr Combes led a merger of Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia that we supported, so it is neither comprehensible nor acceptable that Mr Combes has decided today to leave the company when the transaction hasn't even been completed, both morally and in terms of the proper functioning of the company.

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