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Antonyms for comprehensible


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kom-pri-hen-suh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn sə bəl



Definition of comprehensible

Origin :
  • 1520s, "able to be contained," from Latin comprehensibilis, from comprehensus, past participle of comphrehendere (see comprehend). Meaning "able to be understood" is from c.1600. Related: Comprehensibly; comprehensibility.
  • adj understandable
Example sentences :
  • Surely it is only the “baby-talk” of the wisdom not yet comprehensible to human hearts!
  • Extract from : « An Orkney Maid » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • That order of feeling was comprehensible enough to the most inimical of my critics.
  • Extract from : « Some Reminiscences » by Joseph Conrad
  • This book is written in terms that are comprehensible to the layman.
  • Extract from : « A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis » by Melvin Powers
  • To even such genuine modesty as Jim-Ed's this was comprehensible.
  • Extract from : « Earth's Enigmas » by Charles G. D. Roberts
  • All these feelings on the part of the assimilation Jews are comprehensible.
  • Extract from : « Zionism and Anti-Semitism » by Max Simon Nordau
  • All this is comprehensible and flows from Hamlet's character and position.
  • Extract from : « Tolstoy on Shakespeare » by Leo Tolstoy
  • Absolute continuity of motion is not comprehensible to the human mind.
  • Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
  • I do try to understand, and all that is said in the Sermon on the Mount is plain and comprehensible.
  • Extract from : « The Light Shines in Darkness » by Leo Tolstoy
  • But Matilda will say I cannot write a comprehensible letter, so I will begin regularly.
  • Extract from : « Heartsease » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • There is one solitary idea, and only one, not comprehensible by the American mind.
  • Extract from : « Acadia » by Frederic S. Cozzens

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