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understandable

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un·der·stand·a·ble  (ndr-stnd-bl)
adj.
1. Capable of being understood: an understandable sentence.
2. Expected or accepted under the circumstances: Their anger is understandable, given what happened.
under·standa·bili·ty n.
under·standa·bly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.understandableunderstandable - capable of being apprehended or understood
apprehensible, graspable, intelligible, perceivable
comprehendible, comprehensible - capable of being comprehended or understood; "an idea comprehensible to the average mind"
understandable
adjective reasonable, natural, normal, justified, expected, inevitable, legitimate, logical, predictable, accountable, on the cards (informal) foreseeable, to be expected, justifiable, unsurprising, excusable, pardonable
Translations
Spanish understandable [ʌndəˈstændəbl] adj → comprensible
French understandable [ʌndəˈstændəbl] understand adj → compréhensible
German understandable [ʌndəˈstændəbl] understand adj → verständlich
Italian understandable [ʌndəˈstændəbl] adj → comprensibile
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Concerning the old carpenter who fixed the bed for the writer, I only mentioned him because he, like many of what are called very common people, became the nearest thing to what is understandable and lovable of all the grotesques in the writer's book.
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He had always looked on Elizabeth as an ordinary good fellow, a girl whose mind worked in a more or less understandable way.
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It is understandable that a theory of their 'genius' was invented for them long ago because they have power
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