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{
"term": "visible",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "that can be seen",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The house is **clearly visible** from the beach."
},
{
"text": "Most stars are not **visible to the naked eye**."
},
{
"text": "The moon was just visible between the clouds."
},
{
"text": "Its contents were visible to all of them."
},
{
"text": "She stood, half visible in the dim light."
},
{
"text": "The election poster was clearly visible from the street."
},
{
"text": "The flat boats were barely visible."
},
{
"text": "The mountains were just visible, dusky and black."
},
{
"text": "The sea was now out, leaving the wreck fully visible."
},
{
"text": "Their house is not visible from the street."
},
{
"text": "Visible through the window is a row of small houses."
},
{
"text": "We cut the trees down to make the lake visible from the house."
},
{
"text": "Women are advised to wait where they are not immediately visible to approaching traffic."
},
{
"text": "tiny spiders that are hardly visible to the naked eye"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "remain"],
"adverb": ["all too", "clearly", "easily"],
"preposition": ["from", "through", "to"],
"phrases": ["visible to the naked eye"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "that is obvious enough to be noticed",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We have not noticed any visible benefits from the new system."
},
{
"text": "A more visible police presence in communities is essential to combat crime."
},
{
"text": "He showed no visible sign of emotion."
},
{
"text": "She made a visible effort to control her anger."
},
{
"text": "After using the cream for a month, I could see no visible difference."
},
{
"text": "Ellie's quite visible embarrassment"
},
{
"text": "His relief was all too visible."
},
{
"text": "Italy has a highly visible environmental movement."
},
{
"text": "The scars remained visible all her life."
}
],
"synonyms": "obvious",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "remain"],
"adverb": ["all too", "clearly", "easily"],
"preposition": ["from", "through", "to"],
"phrases": ["visible to the naked eye"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvɪzəbl/",
"audio": "vi/visible/visible__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvɪzəbl/",
"audio": "vi/visible/visible__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin visibilis, from videre ‘to see’."
}