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PERCEIVABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does perceivable mean?
• PERCEIVABLE (adjective)
The adjective PERCEIVABLE has 2 senses:
1. capable of being perceived especially by sight or hearing
2. capable of being apprehended or understood
Familiarity information: PERCEIVABLE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being perceived especially by sight or hearing
Context example:
perceivable through the mist
Similar:
perceptible (capable of being perceived by the mind or senses)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Capable of being apprehended or understood
Synonyms:
apprehensible; graspable; intelligible; perceivable; understandable
Similar:
comprehendible; comprehensible (capable of being comprehended or understood)
Context examples
He was nowhere to be met with; every search for him was equally unsuccessful, in morning lounges or evening assemblies; neither at the Upper nor Lower Rooms, at dressed or undressed balls, was he perceivable; nor among the walkers, the horsemen, or the curricle-drivers of the morning.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
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