readable

About 2.71 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Legible, possible to read or at least decipher.

   If that sign were still readable we'd know where we are!

2. adjective Which can be read—i.e. accessed or played—by a certain technical type of device.

   No sale, those aren't readable with my DVD-player!

3. adjective Enjoyable to read, of an acceptable stylistic quality or at least functionally composed.

   These assembly instructions aren't readable, I still don't have a clue how to start!

Similar words

legible decipherable clear legibly legibility intelligible comprehensible understandable visibility visible

Often followed by

and form book account by data as text format

Word family

readabilities readability readableness readablenesses readably