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# legible

«legible» in Mova's school dictionary: **clear enough to be read easily** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (legible); adverb legibly

### meaning for a pupil

Legible writing or print is clear enough to be read easily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legible/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

School: «Make your handwriting legible.» Everyday and safety: signs and labels must be legible. It tells the reader whether writing can be read.

### examples

- Please make your handwriting legible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legible/#x1)
- The old letter was hardly legible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legible/#x2)
- Write your name legibly on the form. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legible/#x3)
- The sign was legible from far away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legible/#x4)
- Doctors' notes are not always legible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legible/#x5)
- Use a dark pen so the answer is legible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legible/#x6)

### note

Opposite: illegible. Do not confuse with «eligible» (allowed or qualified).

### In the corpora

- [Legible means clear enough to read; in a test, writing the marker cannot read cannot get a mark.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/5-handwriting-holding-the-pencil-and-joining-up/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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