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Intelligible

//ɪnˈtɛləd͡ʒəbəl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Capable of being understood; clear to the mind.

    "Italian and Spanish are partially mutually intelligible languages."

Adjective
  1. 1
    capable of being apprehended or understood wordnet
  2. 2
    well articulated or enunciated, and loud enough to be heard distinctly wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French intelligible, from Old French, from Latin intelligibilis.

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