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intelligibility

[in-tel-i-juh-bil-i-tee] / ɪnˌtɛl ɪ dʒəˈbɪl ɪ ti /












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Lang also insists upon amplification, which can or cannot enhance the intelligibility of text.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

Indeed, Christie's own residual longing for intelligibility ended up mucking up his own otherwise sick burn of Ramaswamy.

From Salon • Aug. 25, 2023

In that era, the idea of opera as drama was taken seriously, and intelligibility was essential.

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2022

But like most palindromes, Tenet prizes reversibility over intelligibility: The point of “Able was I ere I saw Elba” is that it reads the same both ways, not that it teaches you anything.

From Slate • Aug. 27, 2020

His chief aim in writing was plainness and intelligibility, but his want of order and logical precision thwarted his purpose.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various




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