{
    "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’."
}