3 meanings
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1 —as in:
transparent shower door
Definition
able to be seen through with clarity- The transparent shower door shows water spots.
transparent = capable of being seen through with clarity
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- As a safety measure, the school now insists that all backpacks and school bags be transparent.
- There was such a depth of it, and yet it was almost as transparent as air.George Orwell -- 1984
- But when that beautiful sun began to climb the horizon life was to me again. The wreaths of transparent gloom moved away towards the castle, and were lost.Bram Stoker -- Dracula
- Pearly-white and slightly transparent, they glided across the room talking to one another and hardly glancing at the first years.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- Transparent, ghostly, hardly visible, but there they were.David Almond -- Skellig
- But now it is impossible for her to pass through the transparent glass wall and return to this side.Haruki Murakami -- After Dark
- Water has turned her white top totally transparent, and I can see her bra—striped—and all the bones of her spine.Lauren Oliver -- Before I Fall
- One could make an animal—a tissue—transparent!H.G. Wells -- The Invisible Man
- Her eyebrows and lashes turned white, then transparent, and then they no longer existed.Laurie Halse Anderson -- The Impossible Knife of Memory
transparent = capable of being seen through with clarity
transparent = capable of being seen through
transparent = capable of being seen through
transparent = capable of being seen through
transparent = easily seen through
transparent = capable of being seen through with clarity
transparent = capable of being seen through with clarity
transparent = capable of being clearly seen through
2 —as in:
transparent lie
Definition
obvious despite attempts to hide- She tried to hide her emotions, but her true feelings were transparent.
transparent = obvious despite attempts to hide
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- It was a transparent lie.
- She was transparent, but she was there.Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief
3 —as in:
transparent decision making
Definition
easily observable or understood- They promised a transparent budgetary process.
transparent = easily observable or understood
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- Jem's head at times was transparent: he had thought that up to make me understand he wasn't afraid of Radleys in any shape or form, to contrast his own fearless heroism with my cowardice.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- The best hope for limiting excessive political influence of special interest groups is to make the decision-making process more transparent.
transparent = easily understood