comprehensible
comprehensible — adjective
- comprehensiblepositive
- more comprehensiblecomparative
- most comprehensiblesuperlative
1. Something that is comprehensible can be understood because it is explained clear
Something that is comprehensible can be understood because it is explained clearly or presented in a logical way that makes sense to the listener or reader.
The teacher explained each step slowly so the problem was comprehensible to all the students.
comprehensible to + someone
Gabriel rewrote his report in simpler English to make it comprehensible to his international colleagues.
make + object + comprehensible
After Rania drew a diagram, the complicated process became much more comprehensible to the team.
Iris found the instructions barely comprehensible because they used technical terms she did not know.
- understandable
more common in everyday conversation; B1 level
- clear
broader meaning; also means 'transparent' or 'obvious'; A2 level
- intelligible
more formal register; often used specifically for speech or sound
- incomprehensible
direct antonym, shares the same Latin root
- unclear
more general and more common in everyday use
文法句型
comprehensible + to + someone
adverb + comprehensible
用法筆記
Frequently used with adverbs that indicate degree — 'barely', 'easily', 'readily', 'perfectly'. The negative form 'incomprehensible' is more common in everyday speech than the affirmative.