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# understandable

«understandable» in Mova's school dictionary: **easy to understand; clear** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Understandable means easy to understand; clear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/understandable/#m1)

2) Understandable also means normal or reasonable in that situation, so you can see why someone feels or acts that way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/understandable/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In writing lessons, pupils try to make instructions understandable. In everyday life and stories, «it's understandable that you're upset» shows kindness: the feeling makes sense. Phrases: «perfectly understandable», «it is understandable that», «easy to understand».

### examples

- Write your instructions so they are understandable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/understandable/#x1)
- It's understandable that you are nervous before the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/understandable/#x2)
- Her drawing made the map understandable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/understandable/#x3)
- Being sad when your pet dies is understandable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/understandable/#x4)
- The teacher explained it in an understandable way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/understandable/#x5)
- His anger was understandable, but shouting was not okay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/understandable/#x6)

### note

Adjective; adverb «understandably». Two meanings: clear, or reasonable. «Understandable» feelings are allowed, but they do not make every action okay.

### In the corpora

- [Sulking after a fair consequence is understandable, but it does not put things right.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/361-crayons-fridges-paper-planes-and-a-stolen-bike/21/)
- [Your mum shops at Poundland, bruv.» That's understandable, but teasing back can make it worse.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school/14/)
- [Reasons should be understandable to people of any faith or none.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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