1400-1500Late Latinlegibilis, from Latinlegere; ➔ LEGEND
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Is the date on the coin still legible?
The letter was torn and dirty but still legible.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
All entries must be on an official entry form and legible.
Even so, escape sequences are only barely legible.
It's unlikely to be silver, as there are no assay marks, but the registered design mark is still legible.
On the inside, as promised, was a label, printed black on gold, scratched and ink-stained but clearly legible.
The price must be clearly legible to a prospective purchaser and clearly identifiable as referring to the goods in question.
This is partly because its product, type, must be familiar if it is to be legible.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatoreasy to read►legible
written clearly enough for you to read: · Is the date on the coin still legible?· Her writing was so tiny that it was barely legible.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►legible/illegible handwriting
(=written clearly/not written clearly enough for you to read)· He writes very quickly and his handwriting is almost illegible.
written or printed clearly enough for you to readOPP illegible: Her handwriting was so tiny it was barely legible.—legibly adverb—legibility /ˌledʒəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]