All 6 Uses of
audible
in
Brave New World
- Lenina did her best to stop the ears of her mind; but every now and then a phrase would insist on becoming audible.
p. 93.8audible = capable of being heard
- Sometimes the pulsing of the drums was all but inaudible, at others they seemed to be beating only just round the corner.
p. 108.7inaudible = unable to be heardstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in inaudible means not and reverses the meaning of audible. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- Had she not already appeared in the Feelytone News–visibly, audibly and tactually appeared to countless millions all over the planet?
p. 165.6audibly = capable of being heard
- "She's my mother," he said in a scarcely audible voice.
The nurse glanced at him with startled, horrified eyes; then quickly looked away.p. 199.5 *
- Her voice suddenly died into an almost inaudible breathless croaking.
p. 205.5inaudible = unable to be heardstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in inaudible means not and reverses the meaning of audible. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- Inaudibly, she spoke again; then, with a quick, impassioned gesture stretched out her arms towards the Savage, stepped forward.
p. 257.8inaudibly = in a manner that is unable to be heardstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in inaudibly means not and reverses the meaning of audibly. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
Definitions:
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(1)
(audible as in: barely audible) capable of being heard
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In football, the term has come to include an instruction shouted from the line of scrimmage.
Recently, the word is also being used to indicate sounds that could be played on a phone or computer; for example "audibles include creative hellos that can be downloaded."