INTELLIGIBLE

apprehensible, intelligible, graspable, perceivable, understandable

(adjective) capable of being apprehended or understood

intelligible

(adjective) well articulated or enunciated, and loud enough to be heard distinctly; “intelligible pronunciation”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

intelligible (comparative more intelligible, superlative most intelligible)

Capable of being understood; clear to the mind.

Synonyms

• understandable; See also comprehensible

Antonyms

• unintelligible; See also incomprehensible

Source: Wiktionary


In*tel"li*gi*ble, Etym: [L. intellegibilis: cf. F. intelligible. See Intelligent.]

Definition: Capable of being understood or comprehended; as, an intelligible account or description; intelligible pronunciation, writing, etc. The intelligible forms of ancient poets. Coleridge.

Syn.

– Comprehensible; perspicuous; plain; clear.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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