- 1(of behavior, feelings, reactions, etc.) seeming normal and reasonable in a particular situation synonym natural Their attitude is perfectly understandable. It was an understandable mistake to make.
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- 2(of language, documents, etc.) easy to understand synonym comprehensible Warning notices must be readily understandable. understand verb (≠misunderstand)understandable adjectivemisunderstood adjectiveunderstanding adjective noun (≠misunderstanding)
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