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    understandable
    /ˌʌndəˈstandəbl/

    adjective

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  2. UNDERSTANDABLE definition: 1. easy to understand: 2. You say that something, for example someone's behaviour, is…. Learn more.

  3. : to grasp the reasonableness of. his behavior is hard to understand. c. : to have thorough or technical acquaintance with or expertness in the practice of. understand finance. d. : to be thoroughly familiar with the character and propensities of. understands children. 2. : to accept as a fact or truth or regard as plausible without utter certainty

  4. Something understandable can be understood or grasped. It makes sense. Since understanding something means you comprehend or get it, when things are understandable, they can be perceived or fathomed.

  5. If you describe someone's behaviour or feelings as understandable, you mean that they have reacted to a situation in a natural way or in the way you would expect.

  6. able to be understood, so that you know what something means: You’ve got to tell a story to three-year-olds in a way that’s understandable to them. If you say that something a person does is understandable, you feel that it is the way most people would behave in that situation:

  7. UNDERSTANDABLE definition: An understandable feeling or action is one that you would expect in that particular situation: . Learn more.

  8. Definition of understandable adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.