as in understandable
capable of being understood
a book that makes the subject of longitude comprehensible to most laymen
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Recent Examples of comprehensible
The impulse to domesticate performance into a comprehensible story was denied by the sensory bombardment of his productions.
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
The concerns are comprehensible enough: in the rarefied zero-sum world of elite American education, is the use of lotteries or personality scores for admissions not discriminatory toward Asian students who must be better than best in their efforts—when their efforts have any bearing at all?
—Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
The precise figures are less important than the core takeaway, however: Syrians are split in their loyalties, and those splits are comprehensible.
—Daniel Corstange, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2016
Meaningful Transparency Transparency must go beyond surface-level initiatives to create trust-building and comprehensible healthcare experiences.
—Rajeev Ronanki, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
The concerns are comprehensible enough: in the rarefied zero-sum world of elite American education, is the use of lotteries or personality scores for admissions not discriminatory toward Asian students who must be better than best in their efforts—when their efforts have any bearing at all?
—Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
The precise figures are less important than the core takeaway, however: Syrians are split in their loyalties, and those splits are comprehensible.
—Daniel Corstange, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2016
Meaningful Transparency Transparency must go beyond surface-level initiatives to create trust-building and comprehensible healthcare experiences.
—Rajeev Ronanki, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for comprehensible
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“Comprehensible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprehensible. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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