apprehensible
pronunciation
How to pronounce apprehensible in British English:
UK [ˌæprɪ'hensəbl]
How to pronounce apprehensible in American English:
US [ˌæprɪ'hensəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- capable of being apprehended or understood
Word Origin
- apprehensible (adj.)
- late 15c., from Latin apprehensibilis "that can be seized," from apprehens-, past participle stem of apprehendere (see apprehend).
Example
- 1. It is apprehensible that you did it that way .
- 2. What he craved was neither luxury nor the high rhetoric of history painting , but apprehensible truth , visible , familiar , open to touch and repetition .
- 3. Therefore , it is apprehensible for the fed to adopt quantitative easing policy because of america 's fragile recovery , high unemployment rate , low inflation rate and federal funds rate approximating to zero .