comprehensible

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌkɑmprɪˈhɛnsəbəl/ UK /ˌkɒmprɪˈhensəbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
able to be understood; intelligible

He rewrote the manual to make it comprehensible to beginners.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · able to be understood;... understandable intelligible clearfathomableaccessible lucid

Opposites

incomprehensible unintelligible obscure unfathomable

Word family

Derived forms comprehensiblycomprehensibility

Related forms comprehend comprehension comprehensive

Etymology

From Latin comprehensibilis ('that may be grasped'), from comprehendere ('to seize, grasp'), from com- (intensive) + prehendere ('to grasp').

comprehensibilis Latin prehendere Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# comprehensible

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌkɑmprɪˈhɛnsəbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌkɒmprɪˈhensəbəl/

## Meanings
1. able to be understood; intelligible

## Examples
- He rewrote the manual to make it comprehensible to beginners.

## Synonyms
- understandable
- intelligible
- clear
- fathomable
- accessible
- lucid

## Antonyms
- incomprehensible
- unintelligible
- obscure
- unfathomable

## Derived Forms
- comprehensibly
- comprehensibility

## Related Forms
- comprehend
- comprehension
- comprehensive

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: comprehensibilis
- Root: prehendere

## Etymology
From Latin comprehensibilis ('that may be grasped'), from comprehendere ('to seize, grasp'), from com- (intensive) + prehendere ('to grasp').

## AI Etymology
Comprehensible comes from Latin comprehensibilis ('that may be grasped'), from comprehendere ('to seize, grasp'), from com- (intensive) + prehendere ('to grasp'). The historical trail runs through comprehensibilis in Latin and prehendere in Latin. Morphologically, comprehensible is transparent: it draws on Latin comprehensibilis ('that may be grasped'), from comprehendere ('to seize, grasp'), from com- (intensive) + prehendere ('to grasp'). Used as an adjective, comprehensible now means "able to be understood; intelligible", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in derived forms such as comprehensibly and comprehensibility and related forms such as comprehend, comprehension, and comprehensive. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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