Readability Meaning
/ˌɹiːdəˈbɪlɪti/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe property of being capable of being read; legibility.
nounThe property of being easy or engaging to read.
Sentence Examples
His code's readability drowned in a riptide of nested parentheses.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The font choice greatly affects the overall ____ of the text for the reader.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The editor improved the ____ of the report by breaking long paragraphs into shorter sections.
Word Origin & History
From readable + -ity or read + -ability.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"When done correctly, kerning helps to improve the readability of text by adding or removing space between two letters. Bad kerning, also known as keming, leads to misreadings, and in the worst cases, incredibly bad (but humorous) misunderstandings."
— 2018 April 20, jkohorst, “FR E SH A VOCA DO^([sic])”, in Writing for Designers^([dead link]):
"Point-free coding is a byproduct of adopting declarative programming. You can use point-free coding without FP. But because point-free is all about improving the readability of code at a glance and making it simpler to parse, having the guarantees imposed by FP furthers this cause."
— 2021, Luis Atencio, The Joy of JavaScript, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 104:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The font choice greatly affects the overall ____ of the text for the reader.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The editor improved the ____ of the report by breaking long paragraphs into shorter sections.