Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: conspicuous
IPA transcription: [kənsp'ɪkjuəs]
Pronunciations of conspicuous
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: conspicuous
    Meaning: obvious to the eye or mind; "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening"
Usage examples
  • It is then that the curved polar rays are most conspicuous.
  • Besides this, foreign women were never so conspicuous in Rome as in Athens.
  • "Papa, you can depend on me not to make myself conspicuous in any way," Kate replied, with dignity.
  • The question is not how often Jesus visited Jerusalem, but how conspicuous was the part he played there.
  • He had been in the habit of inserting a column of conspicuous advertising and paying for it a very large price.
  • We approach to-night perhaps the greatest, certainly the most conspicuous, triumphs of the theory of gravitation.
  • It was conspicuous far to sea both on the east and west and might have been entered as a sailing mark upon the chart.
  • But, in no situation does their character appear so whimsical, or their power so conspicuous, as when they are pregnant.
  • It has just been stated that the male Gelasimus does not acquire his conspicuous colours until mature and nearly ready to breed.
  • He rounded curve after curve, and frequently stopping on a conspicuous perch, flung a ringing challenge in the face of the morning.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Fermi paradox, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Supermassive black hole, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Disneyland with the Death Penalty, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The Illuminatus! Trilogy, License CC BY-SA 4.0