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- Dictionaryun·der·stand·a·ble/ˌəndərˈstandəb(ə)l/
adjective
- 1. able to be understood: "though his accent was strange, the words were perfectly understandable" Similar Opposite
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able to be understood, so that you know what something means: You’ve got to tell a story to three-year-olds in a way that’s understandable to them. If you say that something a person does is understandable, you feel that it is the way most people would behave in that situation:
: to grasp the reasonableness of. his behavior is hard to understand. c. : to have thorough or technical acquaintance with or expertness in the practice of. understand finance. d. : to be thoroughly familiar with the character and propensities of. understands children. 2. : to accept as a fact or truth or regard as plausible without utter certainty
Something understandable can be understood or grasped. It makes sense. Since understanding something means you comprehend or get it, when things are understandable, they can be perceived or fathomed.
Synonyms for UNDERSTANDABLE: accessible, comprehensible, intelligible, coherent, legible, straightforward, simple, comprehendible; Antonyms of UNDERSTANDABLE: incomprehensible, incoherent, inscrutable, mysterious, obscure, insensible, esoteric, cryptic.
adj. 1. Capable of being understood: an understandable sentence. 2. Expected or accepted under the circumstances: Their anger is understandable, given what happened. un′der·stand′a·bil′i·ty n. un′der·stand′a·bly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
If you describe someone's behaviour or feelings as understandable, you mean that they have reacted to a situation in a natural way or in the way you would expect.
able to be understood, so that you know what something means: You’ve got to tell a story to three-year-olds in a way that’s understandable to them. If you say that something a person does is understandable, you feel that it is the way most people would behave in that situation:
Definition of understandable adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
UNDERSTANDABLE definition: An understandable feeling or action is one that you would expect in that particular situation: . Learn more.
understandable meaning, definition, what is understandable: understandable behaviour, reactions etc ...: Learn more.
