Meaning of COMPREHENSIBLE
| Pronunciation: | | `kâmpri'hensubul
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- [adj] readily comprehended or understood; "an idea comprehensible to the average mind"
- [adj] (of meaning) capable of being penetrated or comprehended
- [adj] capable of being understood or interpreted; "a comprehensible experience"
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| | Synonyms: | | accessible, apprehensible, approachable, cognisable, cognizable, comprehendible, graspable, intelligible, knowable, meaningful, perceivable, understandable |
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| | Antonyms: | | fathomless, incomprehensible, uncomprehensible, unfathomable | | |
| | See Also: | | clear, comprehensible, explicable, fathomable | |
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| | Definition: | | \Com"pre*hen"si*ble\, a. [L. comprehensibilis:
cf. F. compre['e]hensible.]
1. Capable of being comprehended, included, or comprised.
Lest this part of knowledge should seem to any not
comprehensible by axiom, we will set down some heads
of it. --Bacon.
2. Capable of being understood; intelligible; conceivable by
the mind.
The horizon sets the bounds . . . between what is
and what is not comprehensible by us. --Locke.
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| | Related Terms: | | appreciable, apprehensible, articulate, ascertainable, cognizable, conceivable, discernible, discoverable, distinguishable, easily understood, easy to understand, exoteric, fathomable, graspable, intelligible, knowable, lucid, luminous, penetrable, perceptible, plumbable, prehensible, readable, recognizable, scrutable, seizable, understandable |
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