Comprehensible


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

adjective
1.
capable of being or understood; intelligible.
/ˌkɒmprɪˈhɛnsəbəl/
adjective
1.
capable of being comprehended
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.

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