perceptible
adjective/pəˈseptəbl/
/pərˈseptəbl/
Word Family
- perceive verb
- perception noun
- perceptive adjective
- perceptible adjective (≠ imperceptible)
- (formal) great enough for you to notice it synonym noticeable
- a perceptible change/increase/decline/impact
- The price increase has had no perceptible effect on sales.
- Her foreign accent was barely perceptible.
- The difference is scarcely perceptible to the average reader.
- a clearly perceptible decline in public confidence
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- barely
- to
- (specialist) that you can notice or feel with your senses
- the perceptible world
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- barely
- to
opposite imperceptible
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin perceptibilis, from Latin percipere ‘seize, understand’, from per- ‘entirely’ + capere ‘take’.
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