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# intelligible

«intelligible» in Mova's school dictionary: **Clear enough to be understood: an intelligible answer…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (intelligible; intelligibly adv.)

### meaning for a pupil

Clear enough to be understood: an intelligible answer, intelligible speech. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intelligible/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In formal and exam language: «make your writing intelligible», «the message was barely intelligible». In science and technology: a radio signal that is intelligible. It tells the reader whether something can be understood.

### examples

- His handwriting was hardly intelligible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intelligible/#x1)
- Speak slowly so your speech is intelligible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intelligible/#x2)
- The radio message was crackly but intelligible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intelligible/#x3)
- The teacher made the hard idea intelligible to everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intelligible/#x4)
- After the storm the phone line was barely intelligible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intelligible/#x5)
- Write your answer in clear, intelligible sentences. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intelligible/#x6)
- But at last he did say something intelligible, and this is what he said. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intelligible/#x7)

### note

Formal word. Opposite: unintelligible. Trap: «intelligible» means understandable, not clever; a clever person is «intelligent».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «intelligible» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intelligible/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.