adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
understandable/natural reluctance
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He had an understandable reluctance to accuse his friend of lying.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
entirely
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This attitude is unfortunate, but entirely understandable .
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The Opposition's approach is revealing, although entirely understandable with the way the polls are going.
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But there are parents who lose control of their children most often for reasons that are entirely understandable .
more
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The facts made the contempt he had felt for her, six years ago at any rate, even more understandable .
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Looked at that way, she might have found the war criminals more understandable .
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Such information may actually be more understandable to financial statement readers and, therefore, more relevant to their needs.
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If this was in fact the case, it makes Rolle's aversion to church music more understandable .
perfectly
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For example, the speech we hear over a telephone line is perfectly understandable .
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This idolatrous crowd postulates an ideal worthy of itself and appropriate to its nature, that is perfectly understandable .
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That's perfectly understandable , but it's not good sense.
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Some at least of the leading Romans felt and behaved in a way which seemed to him perfectly understandable and eminently sensible.
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This is perfectly understandable if in fact after passives the to infinitive evokes a mental construct.
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In terms of his own situation and interests this attitude is perfectly understandable .
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This clause appears perfectly understandable from the viewpoint of a supplier of drivers.
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That was perfectly understandable , because what we were proposing was so essentially and uniquely horrible.
perhaps
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But this desperation was perhaps understandable .
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In the case of a particularly large breed this is perhaps understandable , because of the sheer weight.
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This is perhaps understandable , but it is stretching credulity to expect us to bless it as the highest human freedom.
quite
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Given the situation this is quite understandable .
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Since the respective philosophies involve different methods and aims, the differences in results are quite understandable .
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But it was actually quite understandable .
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Thus, it is quite understandable to find the same transaction accounted for in different ways according to different systems.
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It was illogical, but quite understandable , and she respected that.
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The quite understandable confusion comes in the area of just what is meant by persuasion and permission.
readily
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Joshua 6 and the rest are most readily understandable , and that is precisely why they are so alarming.
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A warning notice must be readily understandable and clear symbols explaining the danger are required.
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Welfare rights services, for example could be defined in a variety of ways which may not make them readily understandable .
■ NOUN
reason
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The only understandable reason to hold back would be if you didn't know the answer yourself.
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For understandable reasons , Toyota wanted no part of the Fremont location and its history of intractable problems.
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The salerooms For understandable reasons , salerooms are reluctant to discuss, or even let their employees discuss, individual salaries.
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Nelson was headed home from work, which is an understandable reason to go out.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Although I don't approve of his actions, I think they are understandable .
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It's understandable that she doesn't want to see Bill again.
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That teachers are annoyed about having so much extra paperwork is understandable .
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There is understandable anger among the victims' families.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Some at least of the leading Romans felt and behaved in a way which seemed to him perfectly understandable and eminently sensible.
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The impulse to put safety first is understandable enough, but it is hardly a formula either for dynamism or for originality.
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The only understandable reason to hold back would be if you didn't know the answer yourself.
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Their philosophy may have seemed reckless and naive but, given the nature of the marketplace, it was understandable .
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This attitude is, to me, completely understandable , largely laudable and not at all unique to Mrs Clinton.
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This fear is sometimes understandable , but not all statutes divide Parliament on party lines.
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This is understandable , considering drug research can take 20 years and cost upwards of £200 million.
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This was an understandable reaction to the gruelling nature of the work.