Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If something is ~, it can be seen.
The warning lights were clearly ~...
They found a bacterium ~ to the human eye...
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ to/from n
2.
You use ~ to describe something or someone that people notice or recognize.
The most ~ sign of the intensity of the crisis is unemployment...
He was making a ~ effort to control himself...
ADJ
visibly
They emerged visibly distressed and weeping.
ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj
3.
In economics, ~ 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 ~ imports have traditionally been greater than ~ exports.
? in~
ADJ: ADJ n