legible

CEFRC1

/ˈlɛd͡ʒəbl/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Clear enough to read easily.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Written or phrased so as to be easy to understand.

Examples

  • Her handwriting was so tiny it was barely legible.

  • I'm trying to make my handwriting more legible.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Clear enough to be read; readable, particularly of handwriting.

More examples

In context

  • Despite hardly having any energy to lift a pen, she left a legible note on the paper.

  • You can make this program code more legible by using meaningful variable names.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The print in the old book was so large and very blank.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

From Late Latin legibilis (“that can be read”), from Latin legō.