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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɹiː.də.bəl/, [ˈɹiː.də.bl̩]
Audio (US): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: read‧a‧ble
Adjective
[edit]readable (comparative more readable, superlative most readable)
- (of handwriting, print, etc) Legible, possible to read or at least decipher.
- If that sign were still readable we'd know where we are!
- Which can be read—i.e. accessed or played—by a certain technical type of device.
- No sale, those aren't readable with my DVD-player!
- (of a book) Enjoyable to read, of an acceptable stylistic quality or at least functionally composed.
- These assembly instructions aren't readable, I still don't have a clue how to start!
- 1962 October, “New Reading on Railways: Great Western. By Cecil J. Allen, Ian Allan. 2s 6d.”, in Modern Railways, unnumbered page:
- This is a masterly work of condensation, omitting nothing of importance and providing a most readable book that for a modest half-crown is incredibly good value.
- 2012 October 3, Richard Kenney, The One-Strand River: Poems, 1994-2007[1], Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 155:
- A god's blue fire gone, the man is left like a page in the grate, apparently unchanged. ~\shgray, granted, and somewhat curled at the edge, but readable. Readable, he thinks. Until the passage— cat's paw?—-backwash?—-up the chimney?
Synonyms
[edit]- (able to be read): legible
Antonyms
[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]legible — see legible
which can be read by a certain device
enjoyable to read
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