Intelligible Definition

ĭn-tĕlĭ-jə-bəl
adjective
That can be understood; clear; comprehensible.
Webster's New World
Understandable by the intellect only, not by the senses.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Intelligible

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin intellegibilis, intelligibilis from intellegere to perceive intelligent

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

Intelligible Sentence Examples

  • Their action is intelligible enough.

  • Another friend, who is as familiar with French as with English, finds her French much more intelligible than her English.

  • Why not interpret at once and render intelligible the common conception originating in natural science, viz.

  • Even this became less and less intelligible until the time when Miss Sullivan began to teach me.

  • She will guess the meanings of the new words from their connection with others which are already intelligible to her.

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Words Starting With

IININT

Words Ending With

ELEBLE

Unscrambles

intelligible

Words Starting With I and Ending With E

Starts With I & Ends With EStarts With IN & Ends With EStarts With I & Ends With LE

Word Length

12 Letter Words12 Letter Words Starting With I12 Letter Words Ending With E