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IELTS BNC: 4744 COCA: 3811

invisible

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invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəbəl/ adjective
invisible
/ɪnˈvɪzəbəl/
adjective
Learner's definition of INVISIBLE
: impossible to see : not visible看不见的;无形的
chiefly British, financeused to describe money from foreign countries that is received from providing services (such as banking and tourism) rather than from selling products无形的(指外贸收益,与服务而非实物商品有关,如来自银行业、旅游业的收益)

— invisibility

/ɪnˌvɪzəˈbɪləti/ noun [noncount]

— invisibly

/ɪnˈvɪzəbli/ adverb
IELTS BNC: 4744 COCA: 3811

invisible

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adjective

in·​vis·​i·​ble (ˌ)in-ˈvi-zə-bəl How to pronounce invisible (audio)
1
a
: incapable by nature of being seen : not perceptible by vision
a movie about an invisible man
invisible ultraviolet light
b
: inaccessible to view : hidden
an invisible hinge
also : not marked by outward signs
an invisible illness
c
: not openly acknowledged or made known
Had I offended him? Did I cross an invisible line? Denis Wilson
There are still invisible barriers and glass ceilings which discourage women from studying STEM fields … Forbes (online)
d
: not able to be recognized or identified
an invisible enemy/threat
… deepened their belief that invisible forces were out to control them … Luke Mogelson
2
: of such small size or unobtrusive quality as to be hardly noticeable : inconspicuous
an invisible scar
… offering consumers invisible braces that can straighten their smiles in a matter of months without them having to visit the orthodontist … Danielle Jackson
3
: not noticed or acknowledged : treated as if invisible : overlooked
To now dominate in an industry that a year ago I was invisible in … is something I unapologetically take great pride in. Fallon Gregory
… highlighting the narratives of society's most underserved and invisible groups. Kevin Varzandeh
4
a
: not appearing in published financial statements
invisible assets
b
: not reflected in statistics
Teaching English to foreign visitors is estimated to be Britain's sixth largest invisible export … The Economist
invisibility noun
invisibleness noun
invisibly adverb

invisible

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noun

plural invisibles
: an invisible person or thing : someone or something that cannot be seen or perceived
… the significant aspect of his reign, its failure of concern for the religious crisis, has been overlooked as the invisibles of history usually are. Barbara W. Tuchman
"There are too many invisibles in the ad business. It depends too much on intangible relationships and chemistry." Helen Ver Standig

Example Sentences

Adjective a thriller about an invisible man With the telescope we can see details of the planet's surface that are ordinarily invisible. She feels as if her success is being blocked by an invisible barrier. Homelessness is no longer an invisible problem for this city.
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Stapleton was for years a successful songwriter, invisible to all those but the few who knew him as a big-voiced anchor in a bluegrass band - the Steeldrivers. Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 25 Oct. 2017 Jim Schwartz smacked Jim Harbaugh, Rod Marinelli believed in the invisible and Bobby Ross didn’t coach that stuff and up and quit. Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 14 Oct. 2017 The online bombardment, which former Clinton aides acknowledged surpassed their Facebook spending, was largely invisible to the media and the electorate. Alaska Dispatch News, 9 Oct. 2017 But Patterson worries every day about his players becoming invisible. Andy Staples, SI.com, 4 Oct. 2017 By keeping Alex’s face invisible, the play never allows its central tension to break. Jen Gann, The Cut, 3 Oct. 2017 This is particularly hard on the young up-and-comers who are largely invisible to potential sponsors. Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2017 The center of this particular universe is, for the moment, invisible to the naked eye. Chris Jones, Esquire, 28 Sep. 2017 The moral controversies surrounding Russia, Trumpcare, immigration or white supremacy that have easily turned Trump into perhaps the least popular president of all time are mostly made invisible if one only measures the world in units of money. Eli Cook, Time, 28 Sep. 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin invisibilis, from in- + visibilis visible

First Known Use

Adjective

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Noun

1635, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of invisible was in the 14th century
IELTS BNC: 4744 COCA: 3811
invisible

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION VERBSbe看不出來become變得讓人難以看見remain依然隱形make sb/sth, render sb/sth使⋯隱形He wished that he could make himself invisible.他希望自己能夠隱身。It's interesting how women are rendered invisible in these statistics.從這些統計數字中根本看不出女性的存在,所用的手法真是有趣。ADVERBcompletely, totally完全/徹底不可見almost, nearly, practically, virtually幾乎讓人看不見;實際上不可見largely基本上讓人看不見effectively事實上看不出來PREPOSITIONto對⋯來說不可見Infrared light is invisible to the human eye.人眼看不見紅外線。

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