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Audible   /ˈɑdəbəl/   Listen
Audible

adjective
1.
Heard or perceptible by the ear.  Synonym: hearable.
noun
1.
A football play is changed orally after both teams have assumed their positions at the line of scrimmage.



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"Audible" Quotes from Famous Books



... fact, the natives would have stopped, while the cat-like steps were more audible than before, though the wonder to the watchers was that the ...
— The Land of Mystery • Edward S. Ellis
... that the child must have seen something—and suddenly all three women took an instinctive step away from the door as the sounds of muffled steps were audible ...
— Tales of the Jazz Age • F. Scott Fitzgerald
... All was as still as in the grave, and even the prince's own footsteps made no sound. Here and there a bird might be seen sitting on a bough with stretched-out neck and swelled throat, as if singing, but no sound was audible. The dogs opened their mouths to bark, and the bulls raised their heads to bellow, but neither bark nor bellow could be heard. The water flowed over the gravel without gushing, the wind waved the tops of the trees without rustling, ...
— The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country • William Forsell Kirby
... squeezed upwards and remain aloft as warnings. JOHN has jumped on to the stair, and harangues the flood vainly like another Canute. It is something about freedom and noble minds, and, though unheard, goes to all heads, including the speaker's. By the time he is audible sentiment has ...
— What Every Woman Knows • James M. Barrie
... silent. Kitty's voice was audible on the stairs that led to the picture-gallery, disputing with the maid. Neither her father nor her mother ...
— The Evil Genius • Wilkie Collins


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