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audible
What does audible mean?
audible (adjective): heard or perceptible by the ear.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use audible in a sentence?
- He spoke in an audible whisper. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce audible?
/ˈɑdəbəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does audible come from?
Borrowed from Middle French audible, from Late Latin audibilis, from Latin audire (“to hear”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “audible” mean?
humorously sarcastic or mocking
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heard or perceptible by the ear
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rigid; hard to bend; inflexible
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tending to vary often or widely
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