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perceivable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English perceive Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English perceivable From perceive + -able.

Meanings

1. Capable of being perceived; discernible.
   • Every search for him was equally unsuccessful, in morning lounges or evening assemblies; neither at the Upper nor Lower Rooms, at dressed or undressed balls, was he perceivable. 1803 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter V, in Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:
   • The only perceivable difference between the AP and FBI photos is that the man in the FBI photo is clean-shaven and shorter-haired. 2003 January 1, “Man in Pakistan: I'm on list”, in USA Today, retrieved 02 Nov 2008:

Forms

Deriveds

imperceivable · perceivably · unperceivable · perceivableness · perceivability

Synonyms

perceptible · observable

Translations (5)

bg доловим (capable of being perceived) · es perceptible (capable of being perceived) · ast percibible (capable of being perceived) · bg осезаем (capable of being perceived) · fi havaittava (capable of being perceived)