Etymology : Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin invisibilis, from in- + visibilis visible
Pronunciation : (")in-vi-z&-b&l
Function : adjective
Date : 14th century
1. impossible to see, imperceptible; hidden, concealed. invisiblebird (zo?l.), a small, shy singing bird (myadestes sibilons), of st. vincent islands...see:
invisible.
2. Incapable of being seen; not perceptible by vision; not visible.
3. An invisible person or thing; specifically, God, the Supreme Being.
4. A Rosicrucian; so called because avoiding declaration of his craft.
5. One of those who denied the visibility of the church. impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye; "the invisible man"; "invisible rays"; "an invisible hinge"; "invisible mending".
6. 1. If you describe something as invisible, you mean that it cannot be seen, for example because it is transparent, hidden, or very small. The lines were so finely etched as to be invisible from a distance ¡Ù visible + invisibly in·vis·ibly A thin coil of smoke rose almost invisibly into the sharp, bright sky.
7. You can use invisible when you are talking about something that cannot be seen but has a definite effect. In this sense, invisible is often used before a noun which refers to something that can usually be seen. Parents fear they might overstep these invisible boundaries + invisibly in·vis·ibly the tradition that invisibly shapes things in the present.
8. If you say that you feel invisible, you are complaining that you are being ignored by other people. If you say that a particular problem or situation is invisible, you are complaining that it is not being considered or dealt with. The problems of the poor are largely invisible. + invisibility in·vis·ibil·ity the invisibility of women's concerns in society.
9. In stories, invisible people or things have a magic quality which makes people unable to see:
them. The Invisible Man.
10. In economics, invisible earnings are the money that a country makes as a result of services such as banking and tourism, rather than by producing goods. Tourism is Britain's single biggest invisible export ¡Ù visible.