visibility

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/ˌvɪz.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/

noun 4

Collocations

(noun.) how far you can see

ADJ

clear, good, excellent, high | bad, limited, low, poor, zero

VERB + VISIBILITY

reduce

Heavy fog reduced visibility on the highway, so drivers had to slow down.

VISIBILITY + VERB

be down to sth

During the fog this morning, visibility was down to just a few meters on the highway.

PREP

in ~

The drivers had to slow down because they were operating in poor visibility during the heavy fog.

(noun.) obviousness in public life

ADJ

high | greater, increased, increasing

VERB + VISIBILITY

increase, raise

The new social media campaign helped increase visibility for the local charity among younger people.

Definitions

noun

The condition of being visible.

The degree to which things may be seen.

The visibility from that angle was good.

The scope within which a variable or function is able to be accessed directly.

Something worthy of being seen; a sight.

‘Sir, I have seen all the visibilities of Paris, and around it; but to have formed an acquaintance with the people there, would have required more time than I could stay.’

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — quality or fact or degree of being visible

visibleness

noun — degree of exposure to public notice

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Antonyms

invisibility
invisibleness

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The visibility from that angle was good.

Wiktionary

‘Sir, I have seen all the visibilities of Paris, and around it; but to have formed an acquaintance with the people there, would have required more time than I could stay.’

Wiktionary

What's the visibility?

Tatoeba · #280112

Fog has limited visibility to 100 meters.

Tatoeba · #322854

Due to limited visibility, navigation may be difficult.

Tatoeba · #1553210

Visibility was severely restricted in the heavy fog.

Tatoeba · #3279701

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, visibility is marked as obsolete, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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