visible

visible
adj.
VERBS
be
become
remain, stay

The scars remained visible all her life.

leave sth, make sth

We cut the trees down to make the lake visible from the house.

ADVERB
all too, clearly, easily, highly, particularly, plainly, readily, very

His relief was all too visible.

The election poster was clearly visible from the street.

Italy has a highly visible environmental movement.

completely, fully, quite

The tide was now out, leaving the wreck fully visible.

Ellie's quite visible embarrassment

just

The mountains were just visible, dusky and black.

barely, hardly, scarcely

The flat boats were barely visible.

almost
partially
dimly, faintly

A figure was dimly visible in the evening gloom.

immediately

Women are advised to wait where they are not immediately visible to approaching traffic.

still
no longer
PREPOSITION
from

Their house is not visible from the street.

through

Visible through the window is a row of small houses.

to

Its contents were visible to all of them.

PHRASES
visible to the naked eye

tiny spiders that are hardly visible to the naked eye

Visible is used with these nouns: ↑effect, ↑evidence, ↑expression, ↑fat, ↑improvement, ↑indication, ↑injury, ↑light, ↑manifestation, ↑mark, ↑means, ↑minority, ↑presence, ↑remains, ↑reminder, ↑scar, ↑sign, ↑spectrum, ↑symptom, ↑testament, ↑trappings, ↑universe, ↑wavelength

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  • visible — [ vizibl ] adj. • v. 1190; lat. visibilis, de videre « voir » 1 ♦ Qui peut être vu, qui est actuellement perceptible par la vue. Objets visibles. Une peinture « encore parfaitement visible et distincte » (Hugo). « Certains jours où la ligne d… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • visible — Visible. adj. verb. de tout genre. Qui peut estre veu, qui est l objet de la veuë. Il n y a rien de visible que les couleurs & la lumiere. les objets, les choses visibles. les Sacrements sont des signes visibles d une chose invisible. Dieu s est… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Visible — Vis i*ble, a. [L. visibilis, fr. videre, visum, to see: cf. F. visible. See {Vision}.] 1. Perceivable by the eye; capable of being seen; perceptible; in view; as, a visible star; the least spot is visible on white paper. [1913 Webster] Maker of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • visible — I (in full view) adjective clear, distinct, in focus, in full view, in plain sight, in sight, in view, manifest, perceptible, plain, seeable, showing, viewable, well defined II (noticeable) adjective apparent, conspicuous, detectable, discernible …   Law dictionary

  • visible — [viz′ə bəl] adj. [OFr < L visibilis < visus: see VISION] 1. that can be seen; perceptible by the eye 2. that can be perceived or observed; apparent [no visible improvement] 3. on hand or available [visible resources] 4. so constructed as to …   English World dictionary

  • visible — (adj.) mid 14c., from O.Fr. visible (12c.), from L. visibilis that may be seen, from visus, pp. of videre to see (see VISION (Cf. vision)). An Old English word for this was eagsyne …   Etymology dictionary

  • visible — visible, visual Visible means ‘able to be seen’, whereas visual is a classifying adjective denoting anything to do with sight or vision. The visual arts are those forms of art that are appreciated by the eye, and a visual display unit (VDU) is a… …   Modern English usage

  • visible — (Del lat. visibĭlis). 1. adj. Que se puede ver. 2. Tan cierto y evidente que no admite duda. 3. Dicho de una persona: Notable y que llama la atención por alguna singularidad. ☛ V. espectro visible …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • visible — Relativo a objetos que son perceptibles para el ojo. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …   Diccionario médico

  • visible — [adj] apparent, seeable arresting, big as life*, bold, clear, conspicuous, detectable, discernible, discoverable, distinguishable, evident, inescapable, in sight, in view, macroscopic, manifest, marked, not hidden, noticeable, observable,… …   New thesaurus

  • visible — Visible, Visibilis, Plin. Cadens sub aspectum. Cic …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

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