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noun
The property of being understandable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of comprehensible language or thought
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: comprehensibility
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quality
Narrower terms: legibility, readability, intelligibility, clarity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity, clearness, limpidity, coherence, coherency
History
Etymology tree English understand Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English understandability From understand + -ability.
Across languages
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