Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - conspicuous
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Conspicuous
conspicuous
~ adj 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, skilful etc; remarkable (The campaign had been a conspicuous success.) 3 conspicuous by your absence used to say that people noticed that you were not in the place you should have been (- opposite inconspicuous) - conspicuously adv - conspicuousness n
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1. If someone or something is conspicuous, people can see or notice them very easily. The most conspicuous way in which the old politics is changing is in the growing use of referendums... You may feel tearful in situations where you feel conspicuous. ADJ • conspicuously Johnston’s name was conspicuously absent from the list. ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj 2. If you say that someone or something is conspicuous by their absence, you are drawing attention to the fact that they are not in a place or situation where you think they should be. He played no part in the game and was conspicuous by his absence in the post-match celebrations. PHRASE ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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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 ~ changes 2. attracting attention ; striking a ~ success 3. marked by a noticeable violation of good taste Synonyms: see noticeable • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 clearly visible; striking to the eye; attracting notice. 2 remarkable of its kind (conspicuous extravagance). Derivatives conspicuously adv. conspicuousness n. Etymology: L conspicuus (as conspectus) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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прил. 1) видимый, заметный 2) видный, выдающийся - conspicuous statesman CONSPICUOUS прил. 1) общ. видимый, заметный 2) общ. видный, выдающийся 3) юр., торг., амер. заметный, бросающийся в глаза (об оговорке договора, согласно определению Единообразного торгового кодекса США; оговорка считается заметной, если сторона договора, интересы которой затрагивает данная оговорка, обратит на нее внимание, как можно предполагать исходя из соображений здравого смысла (напр., если написана заглавными буквами, иного цвета или шрифта, чем остальной текст договора)) See: Uniform Commercial Code CONSPICUOUS видный, заметный ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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adj. видный, заметный, бросающийся в глаза to make oneself conspicuous - обращать на себя внимание to be conspicuous by ones absence - блистать своим отсутствием - conspicuous failure Syn: see plain CONSPICUOUS failure явная неудача ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1545, from L. conspicuus "open to view," from conspicere "to look at, observe," from com- intensive prefix + specare (see spy). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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