transparency

CEFRB2

/tɹænsˈpæɹənsi/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The quality of allowing light through or being easy to understand.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A transparent artwork, viewable by shining light through it.

Examples

  • Candidness and transparency, information and communication are the basis of mutual trust.

  • Transparency promotes accountability and provides information for citizens about what their Government is doing.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /tɹænz-/
  • /tɹænzˈpæɹənsi/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Openness; accessibility to scrutiny.

  2. The quality of being transparent.

  3. A translucent film-like material with an image imprinted on it, viewable by shining light through it.

More examples

In context

  • A need for greater transparency in legal documents

  • Donald Trump has lashed out against his own supporters, calling them gullible “weaklings” for questioning the transparency of a secretive government inquiry into the late high-profile socialite and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

  • John Lehmann's narrator Jack Marlowe is such a transparency, and his fiction is totally formless.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānspārentia, equivalent to transparent + -cy.