Explore Understandable through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like apprehensible or intelligible. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Understandable in a sentence
Understandable meaning
- Capable of being understood; comprehensible.
- Capable of being accepted or excused under the circumstances.
Synonyms of Understandable
Using Understandable
- The main meaning on this page is: Capable of being understood; comprehensible. | Capable of being accepted or excused under the circumstances.
- Useful related words include: apprehensible, intelligible, graspable, perceivable.
- In the example corpus, understandable often appears in combinations such as: is understandable, understandable that, it understandable.
Context around Understandable
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 6 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Understandable
- In this selection, "understandable" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, entirely, although, somewhat, maybe, thing and accurate stand out and add context to how "understandable" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include although understandable that isn and are also understandable given the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "understandable" sits close to words such as cornerback, er and finn, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with understandable
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Although understandable, that isn’t quite the right question. (9 words)
It’s understandable—maybe the only understandable thing in 2020. (10 words)
Given this, accusations of double standards on Gay’s part are understandable. (12 words)
A married man and father of two, it’d certainly be understandable if the stress of running the Maple Leafs in a hockey-mad (and Stanley Cup-starved) city such as Toronto resulted in strains on his family members as well. (41 words)
For that matter, so does KAT role on offense, given the (somewhat understandable) lack of synergy with Gobert at that end of the court, plus the emergence of Ant as the alpha point-producer. (34 words)
Employee demands for more hours are also understandable given the needs of those struggling to make ends meet, but even this can destroy a business whose owner is trying to control labor costs. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
It’s understandable—maybe the only understandable thing in 2020.
Additionally, our patients want to be engaged in their care and the patient portal portion of the product does just that by bringing documentation in an understandable, accurate manner to patients.
Adkins said the decline in seat belt use is “kind of nuts” but that other factors are more understandable, considering the early pandemic days let some people feel free to drive poorly.
Although understandable, that isn’t quite the right question.
A married man and father of two, it’d certainly be understandable if the stress of running the Maple Leafs in a hockey-mad (and Stanley Cup-starved) city such as Toronto resulted in strains on his family members as well.
And that’s understandable since it’s a Chinese and American action film that spent the last half decade gathering dust on a shelf.
As such, it's understandable why Minecraft's owners want to take action to clarify their NFT stance and crack down on blockchain initiatives that are using the IP without permission.
Beck said Kenai didn’t play its best against Soldotna, but that’s understandable.
But Hamill's reasons are entirely understandable, and they do offer an opportunity for to begin to expand once again.
Contact details such as phone number and email address must be provided in a clear and understandable manner.
Crying is understandable and indicates depression so please see your GP for advice.
Diplomatic sympathies are understandable, but hurting your own economy in service of these is not logical.
Employee demands for more hours are also understandable given the needs of those struggling to make ends meet, but even this can destroy a business whose owner is trying to control labor costs.
Even though teenage boys and grown men have been some of the most reliable to fill seats, there’s some understandable concern about cannibalization among March releases.
For that matter, so does KAT role on offense, given the (somewhat understandable) lack of synergy with Gobert at that end of the court, plus the emergence of Ant as the alpha point-producer.
Frustration and anger about terrorist murders, coming as they did after so many other recent attacks on Jews by Palestinians, may be understandable.
Given the hefty revision to April’s provisional payroll data, it is understandable if committee members are dubious when it comes to preliminary data.
Given this, accusations of double standards on Gay’s part are understandable.
He apparently told fans “my head’s not in it” while the coach, Massimiliano Allegri, said Pogba had “collapsed a bit emotionally”, which in the circumstances is entirely understandable.
He is a really good teacher who puts things into simple, understandable terms and makes Organic Chemistry really enjoyable.
Common combinations with understandable
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- is understandable 42×
- understandable that 34×
- it understandable 26×
- understandable why 23×
- it's understandable 19×
- an understandable 14×
- are understandable 11×
- understandable but 11×
- was understandable 10×
- that understandable 8×