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- pronunciation:
- vI
z
bl
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
able to be seen; perceptible through sight.
Things are visible to certain animals at night that are not visible to humans.On a clear day, the mountains are visible from the city.- antonyms:
- hidden, invisible
- similar words:
- apparent, external, observable, plain
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| definition 2: |
obvious; manifest.
There has been no visible change in the patient's condition.When you reexamine the data, it's clearly visible that the conclusions drawn from the study are not supported.- antonyms:
- hidden, invisible
- similar words:
- broad, conspicuous, noticeable, obvious, plain
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| related words: |
appreciable, evident, outward, overt, perceptible, phenomenal, prominent, sensible, transparent |
adverb + (adj.)visible
barely, clearly, easily, faintly, highly, increasingly, less, most, partially, plainly, publicly, readily, scarcely
(adj.)visible
+ adverb
everywhere
(adj.)visible
+ noun
backyard,
beam,
binoculars,
brightness,
cloud,
crack,
disk,
distance,
fat,
hemisphere,
horizon,
laser,
lesion,
light,
manifestation,
marker,
mile,
photon,
presence,
radiation,
reminder,
scope,
sign,
spectrum,
surface,
symbol,
tattoo,
telescope,
trace,
unity,
universe,
wavelength,
window,
wound,
x-ray
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| derivation: |
visibly (adv.) |
The word visible
contains the following parts:
vid, vis, -vise
Latin
root
that means see
  Example words:
envision, evidence, evident, invisible, provide, provision, revise, television, video, visible, vision, visionary, visor, visual
-able, -ible, -ble
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means capable of being, doing, or undergoing
More about this word part:
The suffix -able
, and its variants, is attached to Latin verb roots or English transitive verbs to form adjectives. (In a small set of cases, -able
is attached to a noun, e.g. knowledgeable and marriageable.) For spelling purposes, it is useful to know that -able
is more likely to be added to a whole English word (comparable
, adorable
), while -ible
is more likely to follow a bound root (visible
, legible
). However,there are still many words which combine a root with -able
(capable
, inevitable
). The suffix -ity can be added to any adjective ending in -able
, -ible
, -ble
to produce a corresponding noun ending in -ability, -ibility, -bility (possible
+ -ity > possibility; irrevocable
+ -ity > irrevocability.)
Example words:
acceptable, accessible, admissible, adorable, amiable, amicable, audible, avoidable, believable, bearable, biodegradable, capable, calculable, cognizable, comparable, compatible, comprehensible, conformable, conversable, convertible, corrigible, credible, creditable, curable, dependable, despicable, disagreeable, disposable, divisible, eligible, explicable, flammable, flexible, illegible, illimitable, imaginable, immiscible, immovable, immutable, impalpable, impassable, impeccable, impermeable, impermissible, imperturbable, implacable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impregnable, inalienable, inaudible, incapable, incalculable, incommunicable, incomprehensible, inconceivable, detectable, conceivable, incorrigible, incredible, incurable, indefeasible, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indivisible, indomitable, ineligible, ineluctable, ineradicable, inescapable, inevitable, inexorable, inexpiable, inexplicable, infallible, inhospitable, inimitable, inscrutable, inseparable, insuperable, intangible, interminable, intractable, invaluable, invariable, invincible, invisible, irrefragable, irrefutable, irremissible, irreparable, irreversible, irrevocable, legible, likable, lovable, manageable, measurable, movable, navigable, notable, opposable, palpable, perishable, permissible, placable, portable, possible, potable, predictable, preferable, prescriptible, recognizable, remissible, reprehensible, reversible, risible, semipermeable, sensible, superable, susceptible, tangible, tenable, tolerable, tractable, transmissible, unsupportable, usable, viable, visible, washable, affordable, allowable, reliable, remarkable, approachable, disputable, drinkable, durable, eatable, renewable, sustainable, unshakable
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