All 8 Uses of
audible
in
Lord of the Flies
- Now the antagonism was audible.
p. 51.8audible = capable of being heard
- The chant was audible but at that distance still wordless.
p. 68.8 *
- Yet as the words became audible, the procession reached the steepest part of the mountain, and in a minute or two the chant had died away.
p. 69.1
- Simon's mouth labored, brought forth audible words.
p. 143.4
- Ralph took an uncertain step, pointed to a palm tree, and whispered something inaudible to Piggy; and they both giggled like Sam.
p. 149.4inaudible = not capable of being 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.
- The line of phosphorescence bulged about the sand grains and little pebbles; it held them each in a dimple of tension, then suddenly accepted them with an inaudible syllable and moved on.
p. 153.9
- Dark figures drew themselves out of the wreckage and flitted away, till the screams of the littluns and Piggy's gasps were once more audible.
p. 167.6audible = capable of being heard
- His first words were a gasp, but audible.
p. 175.3
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."