perceptible

Collocations

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(adj.)

VERBS

be | become

ADV

clearly, easily

The difference between the two paintings is easily perceptible to anyone who looks carefully.

barely, hardly, scarcely

The difference between the two paintings was scarcely perceptible to most visitors.

PREP

to

The slight change in temperature was perceptible to everyone in the room.

Definitions

adj

1

Able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned.

Her voice was barely perceptible over the noise, but her gestures made her meaning clear.

Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.[…]But withal there was a perceptible acumen about the man which was puzzling in the extreme.

noun

1

Anything that can be perceived.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — easily seen or detected

detectable

Antonyms

imperceptible
unperceivable

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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Her voice was barely perceptible over the noise, but her gestures made her meaning clear.

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Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, togeth

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03

The earthquake was barely perceptible.

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He pointed to the light in the sky—hardly perceptible to their older eyes.

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My most striking physical trait is my beautiful long nose, it's the most perceptible and visible physical part of my whole body.

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