Meaning

2 senses
  1. Clear enough to be read; readable, particularly of handwriting.

    Despite hardly having any energy to lift a pen, she left a legible note on the paper.

    leserlich

    разбо́рчивыйrazbórčivyj, удобочита́емыйudobočitájemyj

    розбі́рливийrozbírlyvyj, читабельнийčytabelʹnyj

    (of handwriting, print, etc.) capable of being read or deciphered

  2. Written or phrased so as to be easy to understand.

    You can make this program code more legible by using meaningful variable names.

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Tom's writing is very legible.

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  2. Tom's handwriting is very legible.

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  3. I'm trying to make my handwriting more legible.

    Я намагаюся зробити мій почерк більш розбірливим.

    ruЯ стараюсь сделать свой почерк более разборчивым.

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  4. Her handwriting was so tiny it was barely legible.

    Її почерк був настільки дрібним, що він був ледь розбірливим.

    ruПочерк у неё был такой мелкий, что его практически невозможно было разобрать.

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  5. That's a squiggle, not legible handwriting.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
clear enough to be read:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
clear enough to be read:

Origin

From Late Latin legibilis (“that can be read”), from Latin legō.

From Late Latin legibilis (“that can be read”), from Latin legō.

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Forms

more legible, most legible
Comparativemore legible Lesson
Superlativemost legible Lesson

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
legible — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto