Both Uses of
audible
in
The Fellowship of the Ring
- Sam muttered something inaudible.†
Chpt 1.12 *inaudible = 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.
- Sam went red to the ears and muttered something inaudible, as he clutched the box and bowed as well as he could.†
Chpt 2.8
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."