audible

[ aw-duh-buh l ]

/ ˈɔ də bəl /

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adjective

capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard.

noun

Also called automatic, checkoff. Football. a play called at the line of scrimmage to supersede the play originally agreed upon as the result of a change in strategy.

Origin of audible

1520–30; < Late Latin audībilis, equivalent to Latin audī(re) to hear + -bilis -ble

OTHER WORDS FROM audible

au·di·bil·i·ty, au·di·ble·ness, noun au·di·bly, adverb non·au·di·bil·i·ty, noun non·au·di·ble, adjective

non·au·di·ble·ness, noun non·au·di·bly, adverb qua·si-au·di·ble, adjective qua·si-au·di·bly, adverb sub·au·di·bil·i·ty, noun sub·au·di·ble, adjective sub·au·di·ble·ness, noun sub·au·di·bly, adverb

Words nearby audible

aude, auden, auden, w. h., audhumla, audial, audible, audie, audience, audience room, audience share, audile

Example sentences from the Web for audible

After her first audible prompt, which came shortly after the interval, the audience sat patiently.

London Laughs at Lindsay Lohan’s West End Debut |Nico Hines |September 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The device issues an audible beep when any of these events occur.

Testing Automatic Link, the FitBit for Your Car |Jamie Todd Rubin |July 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But I have no apologies for the audible squeals I unknowingly squeak out whenever I see her on screen.

‘Orange Is the New Black’ Season 2: The Finest, Funniest, and Most Terrifying Moments of Eps. 1-6 |Kevin Fallon, Marlow Stern |June 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Elnaha says with audible anguish on the phone two weeks later, now out of a job and unable to take care of his sick mother.

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But the Seattle Seahawks called an audible and flew in the face of “fate,” defeating the Broncos 43-8 in Super Bowl XLVII.

Super Blowout: Seahawks Buck Broncos to Take Home the Championship Title |Ben Teitelbaum |February 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He could sink it to a whisper and still be audible, while in open-air meetings he could easily make himself heard by thousands.

Successful Methods of Public Speaking |Grenville Kleiser
Marmaduke Denison could not restrain an audible sigh of relief.

Robin Redbreast |Mary Louisa Molesworth
It was a silent Mass, during which neither the sound of the moving lips nor the tinkle of the bell was audible.

Famous Modern Ghost Stories |Various
An audible shadow you understand, and an invisible sound, but quite distinct; and a plague take the tune!

Roundabout Papers |William Makepeace Thackeray
Through the walls the chords of the piano were just audible, and the volume of voices was reduced to a formless humming.

Cytherea |Joseph Hergesheimer

British Dictionary definitions for audible

audible

/ (ˈɔːdɪbəl) /

adjective

perceptible to the hearing; loud enough to be heard

noun

American football a change of playing tactics called by the quarterback when the offense is lined up at the line of scrimmage

Derived forms of audible

audibility or audibleness, noun audibly, adverb

Word Origin for audible

C16: from Late Latin audibilis, from Latin audīre to hear

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