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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Synonyms:

Perceptible, discernible, in view, in sight, to be seen, perceivable by the eye / Apparent, manifest, evident, open, obvious, conspicuous, clear, plain, palpable, patent, unmistakable, noticeable, observable

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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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