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comprehensibility.

Noun
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The extent to which something can be understood without undue difficulty.

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  • text comprehensibility
  • improve comprehensibility

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Shorter sentences improved comprehensibility without weakening the argument.

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Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.

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