Dramatic - English meaning

adjective

Large or important enough to be noticed.

Usage examples:

Pupils may have to travel appreciable distances

adjective

(esp. of amounts or changes) large enough to be noticed or to have an effect

Usage examples:

My little donation will not make an appreciable difference.

adjective

Notably large in size, amount, or extent.

Usage examples:

A position of considerable influence

adjective

Very large or much

Usage examples:

He exhibited considerable skill in driving through the snowstorm., technology has advanced consider…

adjective

Clearly visible.

Usage examples:

He was very thin, with a conspicuous adam's apple

adjective

Easily noticed; obvious

Usage examples:

He was conspicuous as usual with a big yellow bow tie.

adjective

Able to be discovered or identified.

Usage examples:

An easily detectable and treatable disorder

adjective

That can be noticed or discovered

Usage examples:

There has been no detectable change in the patient's condition., tests show the virus is barely det…

adjective

Treating people equally without favouritism or discrimination.

Usage examples:

The group has achieved fair and equal representation for all its members

adverb

Without cheating or trying to achieve unjust advantage.

Usage examples:

No one could say he played fair

noun

A beautiful woman.

Usage examples:

Pursuing his fair in a solitary street

adjective

Considerable in size or quantity.

Usage examples:

A goodly number of our countrymen

adjective

Having a visible mark or marking.

Usage examples:

A houseplant with beautifully marked, dark green leaves

verb

Make a visible impression or stain on.

Usage examples:

He fingered the photograph gently, careful not to mark it

adjective

Obvious or noticeable

Usage examples:

There was a marked improvement in my health when i started exercising., eyewitness accounts differe…

adjective

Able to be measured.

Usage examples:

Objectives should be measurable and achievable

noun

Something that can be quantified, especially a sports player's height and weight.

Usage examples:

He had the worst measurables in the draft for his position

adjective

Able to be measured in order to discover its exact size, amount, etc.

Usage examples:

A measurable amount of precipitation

adjective

Easily seen or noticed; clear or apparent.

Usage examples:

A noticeable increase in staff motivation

adjective

Easy to see or recognize

Usage examples:

There’s a noticeable improvement in your grades., it’s gotten noticeably colder this week.

adjective

Easily perceived or understood; clear, self-evident, or apparent.

Usage examples:

Unemployment has been the most obvious cost of the recession

adjective

Easily seen, recognized, or understood

Usage examples:

An obvious solution, for obvious reasons, he needs to find work soon.

adjective

(especially of a slight movement or change of state) able to be seen or noticed.

Usage examples:

A perceptible decline in public confidence

adjective

That can be seen, heard, felt, tasted, smelled, or noticed

Usage examples:

His pulse was barely perceptible (= difficult to feel) upon arrival at the hospital.

adjective

Very noticeable or marked; conspicuous.

Usage examples:

He had a pronounced squint

verb

Make the sound of (a word or part of a word) in the correct or a particular way.

Usage examples:

Gerry pronounced the hero's name ‘cahoolin’

adjective

Having sound judgement; fair and sensible.

Usage examples:

No reasonable person could have objected

adjective

Based on or using good judgment, and therefore fair and practical

Usage examples:

Johnson was a reasonable man., it seemed like a reasonable question/explanation., you can still get…

adjective

A reasonable price, value, or offer seems fair and not too expensive

Usage examples:

In the context of current robust economic growth, these shares look reasonable value., a reasonable…

adjective

Sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention; noteworthy.

Usage examples:

A significant increase in sales

adjective

Important, large, or great, esp. in leading to a different result or to an important change

Usage examples:

This election reaffirms a significant shift of the center of power., marriage is a significant comm…

adjective

Fairly large.

Usage examples:

A sizeable proportion of the population

adjective

Large

Usage examples:

A sizeable amount/area/house

adjective

Attracting attention by reason of being unusual, extreme, or prominent.

Usage examples:

The murder bore a striking similarity to an earlier shooting

noun

The action of striking.

Usage examples:

Substantial damage was caused by the striking of a submerged object

verb

Hit forcibly and deliberately with one's hand or a weapon or other implement.

Usage examples:

He raised his hand, as if to strike me

adjective

Of considerable importance, size, or worth.

Usage examples:

A substantial amount of cash

adjective

Large in size, value, or importance

Usage examples:

He took a substantial amount of money., they do a substantial portion of their business by phone.

adjective

Large in size, value, or importance

Usage examples:

Substantial benefits/costs/investment, a substantial amount/number/portion of sth banks make a subs…

adjective

Arranged neatly and in order.

Usage examples:

His scrupulously tidy apartment

noun

An act or spell of tidying something.

Usage examples:

She's coming to give his house its saturday morning tidy

verb

Bring order to (something); arrange neatly.

Usage examples:

The boys have finally tidied their bedroom

adjective

Able to be seen.

Usage examples:

The church spire is visible from miles away

noun

Visible imports or exports.

Usage examples:

Half british exports (visibles and invisibles) are directed outside the eu and the financial relati…