transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnvɪzɪb(ə)l ]
1.
If you describe something as invisible , you mean that it cannot be seen, for example because it is transparent, hidden, or very small.
The lines were so finely etched as to be invisible from a distance...
≠ visible
ADJ : usu v-link ADJ
• in‧vis‧ibly
A thin coil of smoke rose almost invisibly into the sharp, bright sky.
ADV : ADV with v
2.
You can use invisible when you are talking about something that cannot be seen but has a definite effect. In this sense, invisible is often used before a noun which refers to something that can usually be seen.
Parents fear they might overstep these invisible boundaries...
ADJ : ADJ n
• in‧vis‧ibly
...the tradition that invisibly shapes things in the present.
ADV : ADV with v
3.
If you say that you feel invisible , you are complaining that you are being ignored by other people. If you say that a particular problem or situation is invisible , you are complaining that it is not being considered or dealt with.
The problems of the poor are largely invisible.
ADJ
• in‧vis‧ibil‧ity
...the invisibility of women’s concerns in society.
N-UNCOUNT
4.
In stories, invisible people or things have a magic quality which makes people unable to see them.
...The Invisible Man.
ADJ
5.
In economics, invisible earnings are the money that a country makes as a result of services such as banking and tourism, rather than by producing goods. ( BUSINESS )
Tourism is Britain’s single biggest invisible export...
≠ visible
ADJ : ADJ n