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adjective
- 1. able to be understood: "though his accent was strange, the words were perfectly understandable" Similar Opposite
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UNDERSTANDABLE definition: 1. easy to understand: 2. You say that something, for example someone's behaviour, is…. Learn more.
Something understandable can be understood or grasped. It makes sense. Since understanding something means you comprehend or get it, when things are understandable, they can be perceived or fathomed. If a friend cancels plans to see a movie because he's sick, that's understandable.
If you describe someone's behaviour or feelings as understandable, you mean that they have reacted to a situation in a natural way or in the way you would expect.
able to be understood, so that you know what something means: You’ve got to tell a story to three-year-olds in a way that’s understandable to them. If you say that something a person does is understandable, you feel that it is the way most people would behave in that situation:
Definition of understandable adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. a. : to grasp the meaning of. understand Russian. b. : to grasp the reasonableness of. his behavior is hard to understand. c. : to have thorough or technical acquaintance with or expertness in the practice of. understand finance. d. : to be thoroughly familiar with the character and propensities of. understands children. 2.
adj. 1. Capable of being understood: an understandable sentence. 2. Expected or accepted under the circumstances: Their anger is understandable, given what happened. un′der·stand′a·bil′i·ty n. un′der·stand′a·bly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
OED's earliest evidence for understandable is from before 1382, in Bible (Wycliffite, early version). understandable is formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: understand v. , ‑able suffix .
understandable. If you describe someone's behavior or feelings as understandable, you think that they have reacted to a situation in a natural way or in the way you would expect. His unhappiness was understandable. Officials are understandably nervous about the tense situation in the neighborhood.
1. If you describe someone's behaviour or feelings as understandable, you think that they have reacted to a situation in a natural way or in the way you would expect. [...] 2. If you say that something such as a statement or theory is understandable, you mean that people can easily understand it. [...] More. Grammar Question.
