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in-TEL-ij-uh-bl/ɪnˈtelɪdʒəbl/

Intelligible means able to be understood: intelligible speech, an intelligible codebook. Understand (already in the dictionary) is the verb; coherent (already in the dictionary) is the organisation twin. A collage will not name the variables.

Meaning

Able to be understood.

Examples

• “An intelligible codebook still needs each variable named; a collage will not.”
• “Comprehensible is the close twin. Clear is everyday. A collage is art. A variable is a name. Write the names; hang the collage on the stairs.”

Good to know

Clear enough to understand. Close: comprehensible. A collage ≠ a named variable.

Near in meaning

comprehensible, clear, understandable

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