intelligible
Intelligibility is paramount for non-native speakers.
Her difficulty producing sounds resulted in a reduction of the intelligibility of her speech.
Afrikaans is derived primarily from 17th century Dutch dialects, and a great deal of mutual intelligibility still exists.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Easy to understand
(as) clear as dayidiom
abundantly clear
accessible
accessibly
assimilable
digestible
explicitly
explicitness
expressly
fathomable
hang
in words of one syllableidiom
limpid
lucid
perspicuity
perspicuous
perspicuously
pikestaff
put/set someone straightidiom
taut

Examples of intelligibility

intelligibility
Interestingly, although accentedness, perceived comprehensibility, and intelligibility were interrelated, it was clear that they were considered separate dimensions.
Given that accent and intelligibility are related but partially independent dimensions, it seems reasonable to explore the nature of the relationship between the two.
And, she continues, perhaps the intelligibility of the claim suffices to ground the obligation thesis.
Evaluating listeners with normal and impaired hearing on clinical tests of spatial localization and speech intelligibility gain.
By such theists ' personal explanation ' is invoked to explain the existence and intelligibility of the universe.
However, faster rates were not associated with reduced intelligibility for this group of listeners.
Yet, as discourses, traditions, customs and ethnicities are continually reinterpreted and reconstructed as ' regulated improvisations ' subject to their continued intelligibility and legitimacy.
This intelligibility is cashed out in terms of fostering narrative unity of our lives.
This review highlights current research from diverse areas of applied linguistics that have addressed aspects of intelligibility in both experimental and real-world settings.
Indeed, intelligibility might not require any mind at all.
However, the atypical processes were inconsistent, had only a small impact on overall intelligibility, and were transient.
The number of nontrivial errors determined the intelligibility score.
The result is a low level of intelligibility, which hampers international and intercultural communication.
Part of its plausibility lies in the fact that it gives the world a particularly appealing kind of intelligibility.
These situations near the limits give rise to the possibility of formulating the limits of intelligibility.
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