Vocabulary
transparent
/tʁanspaˈʁɛnt/· adjective
transparent, open, clear
Decisions, salaries, criteria: transparent means everyone can see how and why.
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Forms
- Komparativ
- transparenter
- Superlativ
- am transparentesten
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transparent
transparent, open, comprehensible
Die Geschäftsführung will die Kriterien transparent machen.
Management wants to make the criteria transparent.
Word family
transparentdie Transparenztransparencyintransparentopaque, non-transparentdas Transparentbanner (at a demonstration)
Common combinations
- transparent kommunizierento communicate openly
- transparente Kriterientransparent criteria
- für Transparenz sorgento ensure transparency
Similar & opposite
≈ Synonyms
offennachvollziehbardurchsichtig
↔ Opposites
intransparentundurchsichtig
Common learner mistakes
- Die Demonstranten tragen eine Transparenz.Die Demonstranten tragen ein Transparent.das Transparent is a protest banner; die Transparenz is transparency.
Real examples
- Die Geschäftsführung will die Kriterien transparent machen.Management wants to make the criteria transparent.
- Wir brauchen eine transparentere Kommunikation über die Ziele.We need more transparent communication about the goals.
- Die Chefin hat die Gründe für ihre Entscheidung transparent gemacht.The boss made the reasons for her decision transparent.
