be intelligible

Frequency: 8.025.5 per million words

Used to describe a state of being understandable.

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Examples (10)

  • His speech is intelligible despite the accent.
  • The ancient text was barely intelligible to modern scholars.
  • Hopefully, the new instructions will be more intelligible to everyone.
  • The children's excited chatter was hardly intelligible.
  • Her explanation was perfectly intelligible.
  • Without proper context, the message might not be intelligible.
  • Is this complex theory intelligible enough for a general audience?
  • The document should be intelligible to non-experts.
  • Despite the technical jargon, the overall concept was still intelligible.
  • His handwriting must be intelligible for the notes to be useful.