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understandable

  • adjective

Capable of being understood; comprehensible.

Other meanings

  1. Capable of being accepted or excused under the circumstances; permissible.

Related words

  • nonunderstandable
  • ununderstandable
  • understandableness
  • understandably

Word history

From Middle English "understondable".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “understandable” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.