VISIBLE


Meaning of VISIBLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ vɪzɪb(ə)l ]

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If something is visible , it can be seen.

The warning lights were clearly visible...

They found a bacterium visible to the human eye...

ADJ : usu v-link ADJ , oft ADJ to/from n

2.

You use visible to describe something or someone that people notice or recognize.

The most visible sign of the intensity of the crisis is unemployment...

He was making a visible effort to control himself...

ADJ

• vis‧ibly

They emerged visibly distressed and weeping.

ADV : ADV with v , ADV adj

3.

In economics, visible earnings are the money that a country makes as a result of producing goods, rather than from services such as banking and tourism. ( BUSINESS )

In the UK visible imports have traditionally been greater than visible exports.

≠ invisible

ADJ : ADJ n

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