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 →

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 →
• The old letter was hardly legible. tree →
• Write your name legibly on the form. tree →
• The sign was legible from far away. tree →
• Doctors' notes are not always legible. tree →
• Use a dark pen so the answer is legible. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «legible» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.