Intelligible
adjective
Able to be understood or clear to the mind.
His speech was slow and careful, but very intelligible.
Often appears as...
- intelligible speech
- intelligible writing
adjective
Capable of being apprehended or understood.
The concept is intelligible but complex.
Often appears as...
- intelligible world
- intelligible structure
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Academic
adjective
Able to be understood or clear to the mind.
His speech was slow and careful, but very intelligible.
Often appears as...
- intelligible speech
- intelligible writing
adjective
Capable of being apprehended or understood.
The concept is intelligible but complex.
Often appears as...
- intelligible world
- intelligible structure
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Auditory Clarity
Use 'intelligible' to describe speech that is clear and distinct enough to be heard properly.
The teacher's instructions were perfectly intelligible even from the back of the classroom.
Pro Tip 2/3Written Precision
Refers to writing that is clear and easy to read, with no ambiguity.
Her essay was well-structured and intelligible, earning her top marks.
Pro Tip 3/3General Understanding
Describes something that can be comprehended by anyone without specialist knowledge.
The guidebook was written in an intelligible manner, suitable for tourists of all ages.
Pro Tip 1/3Auditory Clarity
Use 'intelligible' to describe speech that is clear and distinct enough to be heard properly.
The teacher's instructions were perfectly intelligible even from the back of the classroom.
Pro Tip 2/3Written Precision
Refers to writing that is clear and easy to read, with no ambiguity.
Her essay was well-structured and intelligible, earning her top marks.
Pro Tip 3/3General Understanding
Describes something that can be comprehended by anyone without specialist knowledge.
The guidebook was written in an intelligible manner, suitable for tourists of all ages.
Pro Tip 1/3Auditory Clarity
Use 'intelligible' to describe speech that is clear and distinct enough to be heard properly.
The teacher's instructions were perfectly intelligible even from the back of the classroom.
Pro Tip 2/3Written Precision
Refers to writing that is clear and easy to read, with no ambiguity.
Her essay was well-structured and intelligible, earning her top marks.
Pro Tip 3/3General Understanding
Describes something that can be comprehended by anyone without specialist knowledge.
The guidebook was written in an intelligible manner, suitable for tourists of all ages.
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Video examples
The Future of...
When we first got the code, it's literally zeros and ones. It's sort of unintelligible. It was only later that we were able to determine that actually this code was targeted, specifically, at Iran's uranium enrichment plant in Natanz. LIAM Uranium enrichment facilities are very secure facilities. It's not like they're connected to the internet.
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Beth Noveck: Demand a...
There are many things that we can do to get us there. Obviously opening up the data is one, but the important thing is to create lots more -- create and curate -- lots more participatory opportunities. Hackathons and mashathons and working with data to build apps is an intelligible way for people to engage
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein...
is it it's really doing something that i i can't think of a lot of precedent for which is that it's weaving together you know profound explanations and i think really intelligible explanations about the nature of the universe and space-time and dark matter which we're going to get into with
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Alan Siegel: Let's...
and empathy a national priority. There is no way that we should allow government to communicate the way they communicate. There is no way we should do business with companies that have agreements with stealth provisions and that are unintelligible. So, how are we going to change the world?
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The evolution of the...
started to be spelt differently think of words like love and honey which look like they should be pronounced love and Honi they were actually formally spelt with you like it sounds like they were but that shifted into an ode just so it wasn't this unintelligible minam's party
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Let's simplify legal...
priority there is no way that we should allow government to communicate the way they communicate there is no way we should do business with companies that have agreements with stealth provisions and that aren't intelligible so how are we going to change the world make
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For more wonder, rewild...
and an enraged giant aurochs isn't very hard to predict. Nor was it authenticity that I was looking for. I don't find that a useful or even intelligible concept. I just wanted a richer and rawer life than I've been able to lead in Britain, or, indeed,
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Demand a more...
up the data is one but the important thing is to create lots more create and curate lots more participatory opportunities hackathons and math ons and working with data to build apps is an intelligible way for people to engage
Video examples
The new political story...
crossing political fault lines. It should resonate with deep needs and desires. It should be simple and intelligible, and it should be grounded in reality. Now, I admit that all of this sounds like a bit of a tall order.
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Safari Live - Day 322 PIPE...
it's not red grass lettuce it's something unintelligible I imagine that Lenin Willard the type said it wasn't unintelligible that needeth
Video examples
The Future of...
When we first got the code, it's literally zeros and ones. It's sort of unintelligible. It was only later that we were able to determine that actually this code was targeted, specifically, at Iran's uranium enrichment plant in Natanz. LIAM Uranium enrichment facilities are very secure facilities. It's not like they're connected to the internet.
Video examples
Beth Noveck: Demand a...
There are many things that we can do to get us there. Obviously opening up the data is one, but the important thing is to create lots more -- create and curate -- lots more participatory opportunities. Hackathons and mashathons and working with data to build apps is an intelligible way for people to engage
Video examples
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein...
is it it's really doing something that i i can't think of a lot of precedent for which is that it's weaving together you know profound explanations and i think really intelligible explanations about the nature of the universe and space-time and dark matter which we're going to get into with
Video examples
Alan Siegel: Let's...
and empathy a national priority. There is no way that we should allow government to communicate the way they communicate. There is no way we should do business with companies that have agreements with stealth provisions and that are unintelligible. So, how are we going to change the world?
Video examples
The evolution of the...
started to be spelt differently think of words like love and honey which look like they should be pronounced love and Honi they were actually formally spelt with you like it sounds like they were but that shifted into an ode just so it wasn't this unintelligible minam's party
Video examples
Let's simplify legal...
priority there is no way that we should allow government to communicate the way they communicate there is no way we should do business with companies that have agreements with stealth provisions and that aren't intelligible so how are we going to change the world make
Video examples
For more wonder, rewild...
and an enraged giant aurochs isn't very hard to predict. Nor was it authenticity that I was looking for. I don't find that a useful or even intelligible concept. I just wanted a richer and rawer life than I've been able to lead in Britain, or, indeed,
Video examples
Demand a more...
up the data is one but the important thing is to create lots more create and curate lots more participatory opportunities hackathons and math ons and working with data to build apps is an intelligible way for people to engage
Video examples
The new political story...
crossing political fault lines. It should resonate with deep needs and desires. It should be simple and intelligible, and it should be grounded in reality. Now, I admit that all of this sounds like a bit of a tall order.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 322 PIPE...
it's not red grass lettuce it's something unintelligible I imagine that Lenin Willard the type said it wasn't unintelligible that needeth
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Quote examples
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian Musician
The happy medium - truth in all things - is no longer either known or valued; to gain applause, one must write things so inane that they might be played on barrel-organs, or so unintelligible that no rational being can comprehend them, though on that very account, they are likely to please.
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Chris Pavone
American Novelist
What is it we want out of travel? Is it to take snapshots of ourselves in front of famous monuments, surrounded by other tourists? To eat unfamiliar food chosen from unintelligible menus? To earn frequent-flier miles? No. It's to glimpse what life is like somewhere else.
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Nicolas Malebranche
French Philosopher
As our bodies live upon the earth and find sustenance in the fruits which it produces, so our minds feed on the same truths as the intelligible and immutable substance of the divine Word contains.
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Richard Cobden
British Businessman
It has been one of my difficulties, in arguing this question out of doors with friends or strangers, that I rarely find any intelligible agreement as to the object of the war.
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James Joseph Sylvester
English Mathematician
The object of pure physics is the unfolding of the laws of the intelligible world; the object of pure mathematics that of unfolding the laws of human intelligence.
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Kenneth L. Pike
American Sociologist
The marvelous thing is that even in studying linguistics, we find that the universe as a whole is patterned, ordered, and to some degree intelligible to us.
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John Updike
American Novelist
We don't really want to think that the artist is only very skilled, that he has merely devoted his life to perfecting a certain set of intelligible skills.
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David Elliott
British Artist
We are concerned with the relationship between art and life. Contemporary art is only intelligible in terms of its relationship to our life.
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Hans Jonas
German Philosopher
Only a completely unintelligible God can be said to be absolutely good and absolutely powerful yet tolerate the world as it is.
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Tom Stoppard
English Dramatist
The idea that being human and having rights are equivalent - that rights are inherent - is unintelligible in a Darwinian world.
Quote examples
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian Musician
The happy medium - truth in all things - is no longer either known or valued; to gain applause, one must write things so inane that they might be played on barrel-organs, or so unintelligible that no rational being can comprehend them, though on that very account, they are likely to please.
Quote examples
Chris Pavone
American Novelist
What is it we want out of travel? Is it to take snapshots of ourselves in front of famous monuments, surrounded by other tourists? To eat unfamiliar food chosen from unintelligible menus? To earn frequent-flier miles? No. It's to glimpse what life is like somewhere else.
Quote examples
Nicolas Malebranche
French Philosopher
As our bodies live upon the earth and find sustenance in the fruits which it produces, so our minds feed on the same truths as the intelligible and immutable substance of the divine Word contains.
Quote examples
Richard Cobden
British Businessman
It has been one of my difficulties, in arguing this question out of doors with friends or strangers, that I rarely find any intelligible agreement as to the object of the war.
Quote examples
James Joseph Sylvester
English Mathematician
The object of pure physics is the unfolding of the laws of the intelligible world; the object of pure mathematics that of unfolding the laws of human intelligence.
Quote examples
Kenneth L. Pike
American Sociologist
The marvelous thing is that even in studying linguistics, we find that the universe as a whole is patterned, ordered, and to some degree intelligible to us.
Quote examples
John Updike
American Novelist
We don't really want to think that the artist is only very skilled, that he has merely devoted his life to perfecting a certain set of intelligible skills.
Quote examples
David Elliott
British Artist
We are concerned with the relationship between art and life. Contemporary art is only intelligible in terms of its relationship to our life.
Quote examples
Hans Jonas
German Philosopher
Only a completely unintelligible God can be said to be absolutely good and absolutely powerful yet tolerate the world as it is.
Quote examples
Tom Stoppard
English Dramatist
The idea that being human and having rights are equivalent - that rights are inherent - is unintelligible in a Darwinian world.
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