conspicuous

  • 11conspicuous — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem ▪ become ▪ make sb ▪ Its yellow skin makes it highly conspicuous …

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  • 12conspicuous — con|spic|u|ous [ kən spıkjuəs ] adjective 1. ) very noticeable or easy to see, especially because of being unusual or different: She might have felt less conspicuous if there had been other women there too. ─ opposite INCONSPICUOUS 2. ) FORMAL… …

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  • 13conspicuous — adjective 1 someone or something that is conspicuous is very easy to notice, especially because they are different from everything or everyone else around them: I felt very conspicuous in my suit everyone else was in jeans. 2 unusually good, bad …

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  • 14conspicuous — conspicuously, adv. conspicuousness, conspicuity /kon spi kyooh i tee/, n. /keuhn spik yooh euhs/, adj. 1. easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable: a conspicuous error. 2. attracting special attention, as by outstanding qualities or …

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  • 15conspicuous — UK [kənˈspɪkjʊəs] / US [kənˈspɪkjuəs] adjective 1) very noticeable or easy to see, especially because of being unusual or different She might have felt less conspicuous if there had been other women there too. 2) formal very great: used for… …

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  • 16conspicuous — adjective Etymology: Latin conspicuus, from conspicere to get sight of, from com + specere to look more at spy Date: circa 1534 1. obvious to the eye or mind < conspicuous changes > 2. attracting attention ; striking …

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  • 17conspicuous — adjective /kənˈspɪk.ju.əs/ a) Obvious or easy to notice. He was conspicuous by his absence b) Noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive. He had a conspicuous lump on his forehead …

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  • 18conspicuous — adj. conspicuous for, in * * * [kən spɪkjʊəs] in conspicuous for …

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  • 19conspicuous — Clearly visible; easily seen. In the case of a posted notice the place must be conspicuous and the notice must be conspicuous in the sense that it may be easily read. R. S. Oglesby Co. v Lindsey, 112 Va 767, 72 SE 672. In reference to a term or&#8230; …

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  • 20conspicuous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. prominent, notable, eminent, outstanding; signal, striking, salient, noticeable, obvious, marked; glaring, obtrusive, notorious, flagrant. See repute, visibility. Ant., inconspicuous, hidden. II&#8230; …

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