comprehensible

[kom-pri-hen-suh-buh l] /ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn sə bəl/

adjective

capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.

Also, comprehendible

[kom-pri-hen-duh-buh l] /ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn də bəl/ (Show IPA).

Origin

1520-30; < Latin comprehēnsibilis. See comprehension, -ible

Related forms

comprehensibility, comprehensibleness, noun

comprehensibly, adverb

intercomprehensibility, noun

noncomprehendible, adjective

noncomprehensible, adjective

noncomprehensiblely, adverb

uncomprehensible, adjective

uncomprehensibleness, noun

uncomprehensibly, adverb

Can be confused

comprehensible, comprehensive.

Examples from the web for comprehensible

The vivid illustrations, pictures, and graphics throughout the book make the information even more accessible and comprehensible.
Yet the statement was instantly and fluently comprehensible.
Editors at some journals do extensive editing to ensure their papers are comprehensible and nothing important has been missed.
Then there's the question of how to make the message itself comprehensible.
Understand that it takes a certain talent to make the subtleties and nuances of academe comprehensible for the average donor.
Its detail and human scale are both comprehensible and comforting.
Far better to show a smaller portion of the work at a comprehensible pace.
Instead, it was devolving into a technical discipline that was even less comprehensible than it was relevant.
It was important to me that a book that was mainly about a tragedy on a tremendous scale be comprehensible.
Less certain is whether all that coverage will be comprehensible.

British Dictionary definitions for comprehensible

comprehensible

/ˌkɒmprɪˈhɛnsəbəl/

adjective

capable of being comprehended

Derived Forms

comprehensibility, comprehensibleness, noun
comprehensibly, adverb

Word Origin and History for comprehensible

adj.

1520s, "able to be contained," from Latin comprehensibilis, from comprehensus, past participle of comphrehendere (see comprehend). Meaning "able to be understood" is from c.1600. Related: Comprehensibly; comprehensibility.