adjective · academic
visible
/ˈvɪzəbl/VIS·i·ble
able to be seen or noticed, especially in data or observable results
Examples
“Although short-term effects were minimal, a visible improvement emerged after five years.”
“The trend is visible in the longitudinal data collected from multiple regions.”
“Policy changes produced a visible impact on employment rates.”
Band 8 sentence
“Although the short-term fluctuations were noisy, a visible long-term trend emerged once the data were aggregated by region.”
Collocations
- visible trend
- become visible in
- highly visible
- visible impact/effect
Word family
Common mistakes
The unemployment visible decreased after the reform.→The unemployment visibly decreased after the reform.
There is visible the difference in the results.→There is a visible difference in the results.
Say it for a higher band
5see→6clear→7+visible
Synonyms
apparent
obvious
noticeable
Easily confused
apparent
“The correlation between variables is apparent from the regression results.”
obvious
“It is obvious that inadequate funding hinders progress in many studies.”
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