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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1340|origins=la vidēre}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈvɪz.ə.bəl/, /ˈvɪz.ɪ.bəl/, US /ˈvɪz.ə.bəl/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|visible]], [[bor|fro|visible]] and directly from [[la-lat|vīsibilis|t=that may be seen]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|la|vīsus]], the past participle of [[m|la|vidēre|t=to see]], and the suffix -ibilis.^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) See [[vision]] and [[wit]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Able to be seen: before 1340 in Barnhart and the OED, the mid-14th century in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ An Old English word for it was eagsyne.^(Etymonline) Of actions and processes it is from 1560, and of the visible church, its outward organization, from 1590.^(OED 1989) That may be perceived by the mind, evident, is from before 1613 in the OED, the 1610s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) Publicly prominent, well known, is from the 1950s.^(Etymonline) In economics ''visible'' trade, in goods rather than services, is a later use.^(Collins 2023) ''Visibility'' is from 1581.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1340 – able to be seen.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1581 – ''visibility''.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1590 – of the church.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1610s – evident to the mind.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1950s – publicly prominent.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Able to be [[see|alt=seen]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Easy to notice; obvious.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Often seen by the public; [[prominent]].^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # ''(economics)'' Of trade in goods rather than services.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[visibleness]]

+ * [[visibly]]

+ * [[nonvisible]]

+ * [[subvisible]]

+ * [[unvisible]]

+ * [[visible spectrum]]

+ * [[Visible Speech]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[evidence]]

+ * [[video]]

+ * [[visage]]

+ * [[visibility]]

+ * [[vision]]

+ * [[visionary]]

+ * [[visual]]

+ * [[visualization]]

+ * [[visualize]]

+ * [[invisible]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}