- (of glass, plastic, etc.) allowing you to see through it
- The insect's wings are almost transparent.
Extra Examples- Her eyelids were blue and almost transparent.
- They are so thin that they are quite transparent.
- I've covered the photographs with transparent plastic sheets.
- They trade in transparent coloured gems such as rubies and sapphires.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- look
- …
- very
- completely
- entirely
- …
- (especially of an excuse, a lie, etc.) that you can easily see is false; allowing you to see the truth easily synonym obvious
- a transparent attempt to buy votes
- a transparent lie/ploy/ruse
- Am I that transparent? (= are my intentions that obvious?)
- a man of transparent honesty
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- look
- …
- very
- completely
- entirely
- …
- (of language, information, etc.) easy to understand
- a campaign to make official documents more transparent
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- look
- …
- very
- completely
- entirely
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from medieval Latin transparent- ‘shining through’, from Latin transparere, from trans- ‘through’ + parere ‘appear’.
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