Invisible Meaning
/ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjUnable to be seen; out of sight; not visible.
adjNot appearing on the surface.
Sentence Examples
The moon is invisible behind the clouds.
Methinks my own soul must be a bright invisible green.
A wizard who could make himself invisible
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The spy wore a special suit that made him completely ____ to the security cameras.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Air is ____ to the human eye, but we can feel it when it moves and hear it when the wind blows.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English invisible, from Old French invisible, from Late Latin invīsibilis. Displaced native Old English unġesewenlīċ. Morphologically in- + visible.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Unſpeakable, who ſitſt above theſe Heavens / To us inviſible or dimly ſeen / In theſe thy loweſt works,[…]"
— 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
"The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track.[…]Their example was followed by others at a time when the master of Mohair was superintending in person the docking of some two-year-olds, and equally invisible."
— 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, pages 58–59:
"An interesting feature of the church is the invisible clock, which you can hear thumping away as you enter. Constructed in 1525, it is one of the oldest timepieces in England. It chimes the hours and the quarters, and every three hours it plays a hymn. But it has no faces."
— 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 163:
"Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them."
— 2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7:
"The teeth on an invisible zip are different from those on a conventional zip, as they are turned onto the inside so that they do not show, giving the impression of being concealed in the seam, as seen below."
— 2013, Jayne Smith, Guide to Basic Garment Assembly for the Fashion Industry, page 60:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The spy wore a special suit that made him completely ____ to the security cameras.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Air is ____ to the human eye, but we can feel it when it moves and hear it when the wind blows.