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 →

2) Understandable also means normal or reasonable in that situation, so you can see why someone feels or acts that way. tree →

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 →
• It's understandable that you are nervous before the test. tree →
• Her drawing made the map understandable. tree →
• Being sad when your pet dies is understandable. tree →
• The teacher explained it in an understandable way. tree →
• His anger was understandable, but shouting was not okay. tree →

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.
• Your mum shops at Poundland, bruv.» That's understandable, but teasing back can make it worse.
• Reasons should be understandable to people of any faith or none.

Trees and pragmatics

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