noticeable

«noticeable» in Mova's school dictionary: easy to see, hear or notice — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (noticeable, more noticeable, most noticeable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Noticeable means easy to see, hear or notice. tree →

2) A noticeable change is big enough for people to notice. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science experiments, pupils look for a noticeable difference between results. In stories, a noticeable scar or limp helps describe a character. Phrases: "a noticeable difference", "barely noticeable", "clearly noticeable".

examples

• There was a noticeable change in the weather. tree →
• Her new glasses are very noticeable. tree →
• The plant made noticeable growth in a week. tree →
• The scratch is barely noticeable. tree →
• There's a noticeable smell of gas; open a window. tree →
• His accent was noticeable when he spoke. tree →
• As he went on digging a foul smell was noticeable, and he at last came upon a refuse heap. tree →

note

Spelling trap: keep the e: notice + able = noticeable (not "noticable"). The e keeps the c soft. Adverb: noticeably.

In the corpora

• Our noses sense particular molecules; natural gas has no smell, so companies add a smelly chemical to make leaks noticeable.
• Before -able, a final e usually drops (adorable) but stays after soft c or g (noticeable, changeable).
• Natural gas has no smell, so a strong-smelling chemical is added to make leaks noticeable.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «noticeable» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.