Collocations for "understandable"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "understandable" in context.
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understandable
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- an understandable [reason, explanation, excuse, motive]
- an understandable lack of [confidence, education, knowledge, skills, care, love]
- an understandable [feeling, sense, sensation] of
- an understandable [desire, want, need] to
- what is not understandable to me is [how, why, what]
- [totally, completely, quite, very, perfectly] understandable
- his [reluctance, disappointment, frustration, fear] is (totally) understandable
- her [reaction, decision, comment] was totally understandable
- (totally) understandable given the [circumstances, situation, pressure]
- yes, that is certainly understandable
- that's perfectly understandable
- [found, considered, deemed] it understandable
- is only understandable [considering, assuming, taking into account] (that)
- would be (totally) understandable if you [didn't, couldn't, chose not to]
- [write, say, pronounce] it in understandable [English]
'understandable' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):