adj
Meaning 1
Capable of being perceived; discernible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
perceivable
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
capable of being apprehended or understood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: apprehensible, intelligible, graspable, understandable
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
capable of being perceived especially by sight or hearing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- perceivable through the mist
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English perceive Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English perceivable From perceive + -able.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: доловим (dolovim) — capable of being perceived
- Bulgarian: осезаем (osezaem) — capable of being perceived
- Finnish: havaittava — capable of being perceived
- Spanish: perceptible — capable of being perceived