What does AUDIBLE mean?

Definitions for AUDIBLE
ˈɔ də bəlau·di·ble

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. audibleadjective

    a football play is changed orally after both teams have assumed their positions at the line of scrimmage

  2. audible, hearableadjective

    heard or perceptible by the ear

    "he spoke in an audible whisper"

Wiktionary

  1. audiblenoun

    The act of or an instance of changing the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.

    The audible changed the play to a run.

  2. audibleverb

    To change the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.

    The quarterback audibled after seeing the defensive formation.

  3. audibleadjective

    Able to be heard.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Audibleadjective

    Etymology: audibilis, Lat.

    Visibles work upon a looking-glass, and audibles upon the places of echo, which resemble in some sort the cavern of the ear. Francis Bacon, Nat. History, №. 263.

    Eve, who unseen,
    Yet all had heard, with audible lament
    Discover’d soon the place of her retire. Paradise Lost, b. xi.

    Every sense doth not operate upon fancy with the same force.
    The conceits of visibles are clearer and stronger than those of audibles. Nehemiah Grew, Cosmologia Sacra, b. ii.

    One leaning over a wall twenty-five fathom deep, and speaking softly, the water returned an audible echo. Francis Bacon.

ChatGPT

  1. audible

    Audible refers to something that can be heard, typically by the human ear. It relates to the range of sound frequencies or volumes that can be perceived by the auditory senses. This term is often used in the context of distinguishing sounds or noises that are within hearing range from those that are too quiet, high-pitched or low-pitched to hear.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Audibleadjective

    capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard; as, an audible voice or whisper

  2. Audiblenoun

    that which may be heard

  3. Etymology: [LL. audibilis, fr. L. audire, auditum, to hear: cf. Gr. ear, L. auris, and E. ear.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Audible

    awd′i-bl, adj. able to be heard.—ns. Aud′ibleness, Audibil′ity.—adv. Aud′ibly.—n. Aud′ience, the act of hearing: a judicial hearing: admittance to a hearing: a ceremonial interview: an assembly of hearers: a court of government or justice in Spanish America, also the territory administered by it—Sp. audiencia.—adj. Aud′ient, listening: paying attention.—n. a hearer. [L. audibilisaudīre, to hear, conn. with Ger. ous, ōtos, the ear.]

Editors Contribution

  1. audible

    Ability to hear the sound.

    The music is audible to them and their grandfather as he loves his music and uses it daily every evening to welcome his grandchildren following work for tea.


    Submitted by MaryC on January 18, 2020  


  2. Audible

    The definition of audible is loud enough to be heard.


    Submitted by AlinaS. on April 27, 2021  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of AUDIBLE in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of AUDIBLE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of AUDIBLE in a Sentence

  1. Chris Lehane:

    We're very much in the R&D phase here, it's not just limited to video. It could be audible. It could be physical.

  2. Baptiste Chide:

    Recording audible sounds on Mars is a unique experience, with the microphones onboard Perseverance, we will add a fifth sense to Mars exploration. It will open a new area of science investigation for both the atmosphere and the surface.

  3. Cynthia Ackrill:

    These don’t need to be audible sighs, you can just change the rate quietly, and you just might get the people around you to slow down their breathing as well.

  4. Edward Chang:

    This trial is just the beginning. This is the very first participant that's been in the trial, and the first set of experiments that were part of this trial to show that this is possible, on the hardware side, we need to build systems that have higher data resolution to record more information from the brain, and more quickly. On the algorithm side, we need to have systems that can translate these very complex signals from the brain into spoken words, not text but actually oral, audible spoken words.

  5. Megan Fox:

    You don’t hear an audible voice, but I feel like you receive messages from the child if you’re open to it, for instance, this baby wanted me to live somewhere else, so we’re moving to a whole different place in Los Angeles because I feel like that’s where this baby wants to be raised.

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  • AlinaS.
    The definition of audible is loud enough to be heard
    LikeReply2 years ago

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