invisible

[ in-viz-uh-buhl ]

/ ɪnˈvɪz ə bəl /

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adjective

not visible; not perceptible by the eye: invisible fluid.

withdrawn from or out of sight; hidden: an invisible seam.

not perceptible or discernible by the mind: invisible differences.

not ordinarily found in financial statements or reflected in statistics or a listing: Goodwill is an invisible asset to a business.

concealed from public knowledge.

noun

an invisible thing or being.

the invisible, the unseen or spiritual world.

OTHER WORDS FOR invisible

2 veiled, obscure.

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Origin of invisible

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Latin word invīsibilis.See in-³, visible

OTHER WORDS FROM invisible

in·vis·i·bil·i·ty, in·vis·i·ble·ness, nounin·vis·i·bly, adverbqua·si-in·vis·i·ble, adjectivequa·si-in·vis·i·bly, adverb

Words nearby invisible

in vino veritas, inviolability, inviolable, inviolate, inviscid, invisible, invisible balance, invisible glass, invisible hand, invisible ink, Invisible Man

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How to use invisible in a sentence

One of the effects of the pandemic was to shine a light on millions of citizens who were in fact previously invisible to the government.
Podcast: COVID-19 is helping turn Brazil into a surveillance state|Anthony Green|September 16, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Filled in by 400 years of erosion and covered by topsoil and grass, the pre-Columbian earthwork shows up in thermal imaging but is otherwise nearly invisible from above.
Archaeologists with drones discover pre-Columbian earthworks in Kansas|Kiona N. Smith|September 11, 2020|Ars Technica
The post Google’s search terms move will make millions in ad spend invisible to advertisers appeared first on Search Engine Land.
Google’s search terms move will make millions in ad spend invisible to advertisers|Ginny Marvin|September 3, 2020|Search Engine Land
By soaking up almost all light that hits their skin, these fish are almost invisible.
Here’s the summer science you might have missed|Janet Raloff|September 1, 2020|Science News For Students

That’s a lightweight particle that has the potential to explain dark matter, an invisible type of matter thought to permeate the universe.
A measurement of positronium’s energy levels confounds scientists|Emily Conover|August 24, 2020|Science News
Return fraud has been called the invisible heist—or “de-shopping.”
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks|M.L. Nestel|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No matter what Hitchcock said, what he did was to photograph our fears and make palpable the invisible.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Other panelists rallied to the cause of “the invisible woman”—the second and generally anonymous egg donor.
Want Blue Eyes With That Baby?: The Strange New World of Human Reproduction|Eleanor Clift|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They must, in every sense, be cast out—their shame is to be made invisible.
Newsflash: Bill Cosby Is Not Cliff Huxtable|Tim Teeman|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was a magician, an invisible teller of tales with the power to make my sides ache without telling a single joke.
When Your Comic Hero Is an Alleged Rapist|Doug McIntyre|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Their Chateau en Espagne seemed invisible, as such chateaux usually are; and where it might be found, who was there to tell?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
Aristide picked it up and began to dance and shake his fist at the invisible police.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
This fear of the invisible world, so inherent in simple natures, has been implanted for a wise purpose.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie
Some of the latter were so diaphanous as to be perfectly invisible when immersed in the water.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
It is characteristic of chemical science that it takes account of actions which are almost entirely invisible.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler

British Dictionary definitions for invisible

invisible

/ (ɪnˈvɪzəbəl) /

adjective

not visible; not able to be perceived by the eyeinvisible rays

concealed from sight; hidden

not easily seen or noticedinvisible mending

kept hidden from public view; secret; clandestine

economics of or relating to services rather than goods in relation to the invisible balanceinvisible earnings

noun

economics an invisible item of trade; service

Derived forms of invisible

invisibility or invisibleness, nouninvisibly, adverb

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