readability
The property of being capable of being readThe property of being capable of being read; legibility.
» His code's readability drowned in a riptide of nested parentheses.
Читаемость его кода захлебнулась в потоке вложенных скобок.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The property of being capable of being read; legibility.
Lesbarkeit
удобочита́емостьudobočitájemostʹ, чёткостьčótkostʹ, разбо́рчивостьrazbórčivostʹ
(countable, uncountable)The property of being easy or engaging to read.
The book had a clever plot, but lacked readability.
Lesbarkeit
чита́бельностьčitábelʹnostʹ, приго́дность для чте́нияprigódnostʹ dlja čténija
the quality of written language that makes it easy to read and understand
Examples
2 sentencesHis code's readability drowned in a riptide of nested parentheses.
ruЧитаемость его кода захлебнулась в потоке вложенных скобок.
I have many issues with Tom's ideas, but the readability of his writing is worth learning from.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From readable + -ity or read + -ability.From readable + -ity or read + -ability.
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Forms
plural: readabilities| Singular | readability |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- a quality of writing (print or handwriting) that can be easily read:legibility
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable