Comprehensible
adjective
Understandable, able to be understood.
I find the book comprehensible even though it's written on a complex subject.
Often appears as...
- comprehensible explanation
- comprehensible language
adjective
Clear and able to be read.
The text will not be comprehensible if it's too blurry.
Often appears as...
- comprehensible text
- comprehensible print
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Understandable, able to be understood.
I find the book comprehensible even though it's written on a complex subject.
Often appears as...
- comprehensible explanation
- comprehensible language
adjective
Clear and able to be read.
The text will not be comprehensible if it's too blurry.
Often appears as...
- comprehensible text
- comprehensible print
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
The word's meaning can change based on the situation or topic discussed.
The biologist's research is comprehensible to other scientists, but not to a general audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Clarity Over Complexity
Simple language often makes a complex idea more comprehensible.
She broke down the technical terms into comprehensible language for the students.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Jargon
Steer clear of specialized terminology to keep your message comprehensible for everyone.
His explanation was comprehensible once he stopped using medical jargon.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
The word's meaning can change based on the situation or topic discussed.
The biologist's research is comprehensible to other scientists, but not to a general audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Clarity Over Complexity
Simple language often makes a complex idea more comprehensible.
She broke down the technical terms into comprehensible language for the students.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Jargon
Steer clear of specialized terminology to keep your message comprehensible for everyone.
His explanation was comprehensible once he stopped using medical jargon.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
The word's meaning can change based on the situation or topic discussed.
The biologist's research is comprehensible to other scientists, but not to a general audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Clarity Over Complexity
Simple language often makes a complex idea more comprehensible.
She broke down the technical terms into comprehensible language for the students.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Jargon
Steer clear of specialized terminology to keep your message comprehensible for everyone.
His explanation was comprehensible once he stopped using medical jargon.
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Video examples
David Deutsch: Chemical...
on which there's a colony of scientists that are devoted to creating an open-ended stream of knowledge, and so on. Now, it's way beyond present technology to even gather the hydrogen from intergalactic space and form it into other elements and so on. But the thing is, in a comprehensible universe,
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Robin Ince: Science...
"The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it seems pointless." Now for some people, that seems to lead to an idea of nihilism. But for me, it doesn't. That is a wonderful thing. I'm glad the universe is pointless. It means if I get to the end of my life,
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Seth Shostak: ET is...
Now, let me talk a little bit about something that happens even in the meantime, and that is, SETI, I think, is important, because it's exploration, and it's not only exploration, it's comprehensible exploration. Now, I gotta tell you, I'm always reading books about
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ET is (probably) out...
now let me talk a little bit about something that happens even in the meantime and that is SETI I think is important because it's exploration and it's not only exploration its comprehensible exploration now I gotta tell you I'm I'm you know always reading
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How big is the ocean? -...
capital I, capital G, BIG! It defines our planet, home to the greatest geological features, comprises the largest living space, and accordingly, is home to the greatest numbers and forms of life on Earth. It is practically incomprehensible in scope.
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How to build a fictional...
and everything is most certainly 42. Just like real life, fictional worlds operate consistently within a spectrum of physical and societal rules. That's what makes these intricate worlds believable, comprehensible, and worth exploring.
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The evolution of the...
strewn with these little signs of the tension between the desire to be comprehensible and the limitations of the technology available at the time something as small as the dot on an eye symbolizes how technology influences
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How Finding This Human...
and fear blocks curiosity. It's really up to us as scientists and educators to make our research comprehensible and accessible to people and help them engage with what we do in a really meaningful way.
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The smelly mystery of...
Liking it is incomprehensible to people from other countries. Every culture has its own special food and national delicacy. If you were to come from Iceland, your national dish is deep rotted shark.
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Chimamanda Ngozi...
beautiful animals, and incomprehensible people, fighting senseless wars, dying of poverty and AIDS, unable to speak for themselves and waiting to be saved by a kind, white foreigner.
Video examples
David Deutsch: Chemical...
on which there's a colony of scientists that are devoted to creating an open-ended stream of knowledge, and so on. Now, it's way beyond present technology to even gather the hydrogen from intergalactic space and form it into other elements and so on. But the thing is, in a comprehensible universe,
Video examples
Robin Ince: Science...
"The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it seems pointless." Now for some people, that seems to lead to an idea of nihilism. But for me, it doesn't. That is a wonderful thing. I'm glad the universe is pointless. It means if I get to the end of my life,
Video examples
Seth Shostak: ET is...
Now, let me talk a little bit about something that happens even in the meantime, and that is, SETI, I think, is important, because it's exploration, and it's not only exploration, it's comprehensible exploration. Now, I gotta tell you, I'm always reading books about
Video examples
ET is (probably) out...
now let me talk a little bit about something that happens even in the meantime and that is SETI I think is important because it's exploration and it's not only exploration its comprehensible exploration now I gotta tell you I'm I'm you know always reading
Video examples
How big is the ocean? -...
capital I, capital G, BIG! It defines our planet, home to the greatest geological features, comprises the largest living space, and accordingly, is home to the greatest numbers and forms of life on Earth. It is practically incomprehensible in scope.
Video examples
How to build a fictional...
and everything is most certainly 42. Just like real life, fictional worlds operate consistently within a spectrum of physical and societal rules. That's what makes these intricate worlds believable, comprehensible, and worth exploring.
Video examples
The evolution of the...
strewn with these little signs of the tension between the desire to be comprehensible and the limitations of the technology available at the time something as small as the dot on an eye symbolizes how technology influences
Video examples
How Finding This Human...
and fear blocks curiosity. It's really up to us as scientists and educators to make our research comprehensible and accessible to people and help them engage with what we do in a really meaningful way.
Video examples
The smelly mystery of...
Liking it is incomprehensible to people from other countries. Every culture has its own special food and national delicacy. If you were to come from Iceland, your national dish is deep rotted shark.
Video examples
Chimamanda Ngozi...
beautiful animals, and incomprehensible people, fighting senseless wars, dying of poverty and AIDS, unable to speak for themselves and waiting to be saved by a kind, white foreigner.
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Quote examples
Sarah McBride
American Activist
In my view, the best of humanity is in our exercise of empathy and compassion. It's when we challenge ourselves to walk in the shoes of someone whose pain or plight might seem so different than yours that it's almost incomprehensible.
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Simon McBurney
English Actor
Infinity is a way to describe the incomprehensible to the human mind. In a way, it notates a mystery. That kind of mystery exists in relationships. A lifetime is not enough to know someone else. It provides a brief glimpse.
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Jojo Moyes
British Journalist
My characters make incomprehensible decisions until you stand in their shoes. Then it makes more sense. Life is very rarely black and white, and most people are trying to do their best. I try not to judge.
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Queen Victoria
British Royalty
For a man to strike any women is most brutal, and I, as well as everyone else, think this far worse than any attempt to shoot, which, wicked as it is, is at least more comprehensible and more courageous.
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Kenneth Tynan
English Critic
Art is a private thing, the artist makes it for himself; a comprehensible work is the product of a journalist. We need works that are strong, straight, precise, and forever beyond understanding.
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Lawrence Eagleburger
American Diplomat
The consequence of a world full of nuclear powers to me is so incomprehensible in terms of the dangers that that implies.
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Martin Buber
German Philosopher
The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings.
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
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Steven Weinberg
American Scientist
The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.
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Masha Gessen
Russian Journalist
Incomprehensible messaging is a very important part of Russian propaganda.
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Sarah McBride
American Activist
In my view, the best of humanity is in our exercise of empathy and compassion. It's when we challenge ourselves to walk in the shoes of someone whose pain or plight might seem so different than yours that it's almost incomprehensible.
Quote examples
Simon McBurney
English Actor
Infinity is a way to describe the incomprehensible to the human mind. In a way, it notates a mystery. That kind of mystery exists in relationships. A lifetime is not enough to know someone else. It provides a brief glimpse.
Quote examples
Jojo Moyes
British Journalist
My characters make incomprehensible decisions until you stand in their shoes. Then it makes more sense. Life is very rarely black and white, and most people are trying to do their best. I try not to judge.
Quote examples
Queen Victoria
British Royalty
For a man to strike any women is most brutal, and I, as well as everyone else, think this far worse than any attempt to shoot, which, wicked as it is, is at least more comprehensible and more courageous.
Quote examples
Kenneth Tynan
English Critic
Art is a private thing, the artist makes it for himself; a comprehensible work is the product of a journalist. We need works that are strong, straight, precise, and forever beyond understanding.
Quote examples
Lawrence Eagleburger
American Diplomat
The consequence of a world full of nuclear powers to me is so incomprehensible in terms of the dangers that that implies.
Quote examples
Martin Buber
German Philosopher
The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings.
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
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Steven Weinberg
American Scientist
The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.
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Masha Gessen
Russian Journalist
Incomprehensible messaging is a very important part of Russian propaganda.
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