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1 visibility
[ˌvɪzə'bɪlətɪ]1) (clarity, ability to see) visibilità f.2) (ability to be seen) visibilità f., (l')essere visibile* * *noun (the range of distance over which things may be (clearly) seen: Visibility is poor today; Visibility in the fog was down to twenty yards in places.) visibilità* * *visibility /vɪzəˈbɪlətɪ/n. [u]visibilità: poor visibility, scarsa visibilità; Visibility was good and there was no wind, c'era una buona visibilità e non c'era vento; Visibility was down to a few metres, la visibilità era ridotta a pochi metri; We need to increase the organization's public visibility, dobbiamo rendere l'organizzazione più visibile per il pubblico; The car has excellent visibility, l'auto offre un'ottima visibilità.* * *[ˌvɪzə'bɪlətɪ]1) (clarity, ability to see) visibilità f.2) (ability to be seen) visibilità f., (l')essere visibile -
2 visibility vis·ibil·ity n
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3 poor
[pɔː(r)] [AE pʊər] 1.1) (not wealthy) [person, country] povero (in di)2) (inferior) [quality, performance, work] scadente; [ student] scarso; [ English] stentato; [ health] cagionevole; [eyesight, memory] debole; [ soil] povero; [chance, visibility] scarso; [weather, forecast] brutto, cattivo; [ consolation] magroto be poor at — [ person] essere scarso in [maths, French]
3) (deserving pity) poverohe's got a cold, poor thing — ha il raffreddore, poverino
4) (sorry, pathetic) [attempt, creature] patetico; [ excuse] che non regge2.the poor — + verbo pl. i poveri
••* * *[puə] 1. adjective1) (having little money or property: She is too poor to buy clothes for the children; the poor nations of the world.) povero2) (not good; of bad quality: His work is very poor; a poor effort.) mediocre, scarso3) (deserving pity: Poor fellow!) povero•- poorness- poorly 2. adjective(ill: He is very poorly.) in cattiva salute* * *[pɔː(r)] [AE pʊər] 1.1) (not wealthy) [person, country] povero (in di)2) (inferior) [quality, performance, work] scadente; [ student] scarso; [ English] stentato; [ health] cagionevole; [eyesight, memory] debole; [ soil] povero; [chance, visibility] scarso; [weather, forecast] brutto, cattivo; [ consolation] magroto be poor at — [ person] essere scarso in [maths, French]
3) (deserving pity) poverohe's got a cold, poor thing — ha il raffreddore, poverino
4) (sorry, pathetic) [attempt, creature] patetico; [ excuse] che non regge2.the poor — + verbo pl. i poveri
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4 restrict
[rɪ'strɪkt] 1.verbo transitivo limitare [activity, freedom, growth]; riservare [access, membership] (to a)2.to restrict oneself to sth. — limitarsi a qcs
* * *[rə'strikt]1) (to keep within certain limits: I try to restrict myself / my smoking to five cigarettes a day; Use of the car-park is restricted to senior staff.) limitare2) (to make less than usual, desirable etc: He feels this new law will restrict his freedom.) limitare•- restriction
- restrictive* * *[rɪ'strɪkt] 1.verbo transitivo limitare [activity, freedom, growth]; riservare [access, membership] (to a)2.to restrict oneself to sth. — limitarsi a qcs
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5 high-vis
high-vis /haɪˈvɪz/(abbr. per high visibility) a.ad alta visibilità: high-vis jacket, giubbotto ad alta visibilità. -
6 impair im·pair vt
[ɪm'pɛə(r)](health) danneggiare, pregiudicare, (sight, hearing) deteriorare, menomare, (visibility) ridurre, (relations) deteriorare -
7 poor ****
[pʊə(r)](gen) povero (-a), (crop, light, visibility) scarso (-a), (effort, excuse) misero (-a), (memory, health, quality) cattivo (-a), (mark) mediocreit's a poor thing when... — è deplorevole che... + sub
poor David, he's very unlucky! — povero David, è proprio sfortunato!
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8 visible
['vɪzəbl]1) (able to be seen) visibile2) (concrete) [improvement, sign] evidente, visibile; [ evidence] chiaro, evidente* * *['vizəbl](able to be seen: The house is visible through the trees; The scar on her face is scarcely visible now.) visibile- visibly- visibility* * *['vɪzəbl]1) (able to be seen) visibile2) (concrete) [improvement, sign] evidente, visibile; [ evidence] chiaro, evidente
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