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. Meghan McCain:

    A lot of people in my life have been hit really, really hard by the past few years and I didn't want to say ‘Here, spend $25, $29 on this book,' it's much easier for me to be like, ‘You have Audible?’.

  2. Steve Fishman:

    At one point, Bernie Madoff cornered the hot chocolate market, bernie Madoff bought up every package of Swiss Miss from the commissary and sold Swiss Miss for a profit in the prison yard. Bernie Madoff monopolized hot chocolate ! Bernie Madoff made Swiss Miss so that if you wanted any, you had to go through Bernie Madoff. Bernie Madoff, once the Nasdaq chairman, used Bernie Madoff reputation and savvy to dupe sophisticated investors, regulators and Wall Street banks. Bernie Madoff confessed in December 2008 that Bernie Madoff was running a multi decade Ponzi scheme and that more than $ 65 billion Bernie Madoff claimed to have on hand for investors had dwindled to a few hundred million dollars from an original investment of about $ 20 billion. Bernie Madoff pleaded guilty to fraud and is serving a 150-year prison sentence in Butner, N.C. Fishman reportedly hosts an Audible series called.

  3. Mary Baker Eddy:

    Audible prayer can never do the works of spiritual understanding, which regenerates; but silent prayer, watchfulness, and devout obedience enable us to follow Jesus example. Long prayers, superstition, and creeds clip the strong pinions of love, and clothe religion in human forms. Whatever materializes worship hinders man's spiritual growth and keeps him from demonstrating his power over error.

  4. Indra Cidambi:

    When you mix buprenorphine with opioids, there is an increased risk of respiratory depression. That’s what you see when a parent goes into a child’s room and they’re not audible, when someone is on these four rods, they’re not following therapy— they’re easily combining the drugs, and that can lead to death.

  5. 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.

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