opaque

CEFRB2

/əʊˈpeɪk/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Not allowing light to pass through or difficult to understand.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.

Examples

  • Opaque? Not at all. Intuitively obvious to the most casual observer.

  • You don't know what that small opaque bottle contains.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /əʉˈpæɪk/
  • /oʊˈpeɪk/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of.

  2. Neither reflecting nor emitting light.

  3. Describes a type for which higher-level callers have no knowledge of data values or their representations; all operations are carried out by the type's defined abstract operators.

More examples

In context

  • Through this opaque of Nature and of Soul, / This double night, transmit one pitying ray, / To lighten, and to cheer.

  • We have agreed that heat is energy to begin with. Light is also a form of energy for when absorbed by any opaque substance it turns completely into heat.

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English opake, from Latin opacus (“shaded, shady, dark”) (of unknown origin), later reinforced from Middle French opaque. Doublet of ubac.