as in understandable
capable of being understood
speculation on the odds that a communication from a far-off planet would be intelligible
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Recent Examples of intelligible
The lyrics manage to be about nothing in particular yet totally intelligible.
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Marc Tracy, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Similar approaches could be used to induce AI systems to make more human-like mistakes, particularly by penalizing them more for mistakes that are less intelligible.
—Bruce Schneier, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Jan. 2025
Someone must have reported this to the management of the Chinese Theatre at Wednesday night’s premiere, because half-way through the show the sound fell several thousand decibels to a more acceptable and intelligible level.
—Arthur Knight, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2024
Even with a translator, though, the document – with its lofty references to the Biblical creation of the world and papal authority – would hardly be intelligible to people unfamiliar with the Spaniards’ religion.
—Diego Javier Luis, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2024
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Marc Tracy, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Similar approaches could be used to induce AI systems to make more human-like mistakes, particularly by penalizing them more for mistakes that are less intelligible.
—Bruce Schneier, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Jan. 2025
Someone must have reported this to the management of the Chinese Theatre at Wednesday night’s premiere, because half-way through the show the sound fell several thousand decibels to a more acceptable and intelligible level.
—Arthur Knight, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2024
Even with a translator, though, the document – with its lofty references to the Biblical creation of the world and papal authority – would hardly be intelligible to people unfamiliar with the Spaniards’ religion.
—Diego Javier Luis, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for intelligible
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“Intelligible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intelligible. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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